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Members of the Niger State House of Assembly may have commenced an investigation into financial expenditures of the state government following accusations that money was allegedly expended outside appropriation.
Raising a motion of urgent public importance at Thursday’s plenary, member representing Bosso Constituency, Hon. Malik Madaki Bosso said N2 billion had been spent outside appropriation law by the ministry of works.
The lawmaker noted that another N360million and N450million had been expended by the ministries of sports and justice respectively and queried that the expenditures were made outside the 2020 budget.
Buttressing his position, the lawmaker disclosed that the expenditures were not approved/authorized by the House of Assembly through supplementary law as required under section 120, subsection (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
Gov Sanwo-Olu, Deputy finally take COVID-19 vaccine
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday took the first injection of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Sanwo-Olu took the injection at 3:03pm. while Hamzat was injected at about 3:10pm at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba.
It can be recalled that the state government took delivery of the first consignment of 507,000 vaccines allocated to it by the Federal Government on Tuesday.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso and some health workers also took the jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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Niger State House of Assembly is set to commence investigations into the N2.8bn, allegedly expended by the state government outside the 2020 Appropriation