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Investigations have revealed a huge amount of money
provided monthly to the Nigerian president and state governors,
ostensibly for security purposes, that is unappropriated, unaudited
and unaccounted for. Although at present the amount of security
money voted monthly for the Nigerian president is undisclosed, a
reliable source in Edo state Government House confided to
that the state governor at the time , Adams Oshiomhole, smiles to
the bank every month with at least N500 million as his security
vote. This was butressed by the Rlease of The Kaduna State
Governors Salary in 2017 See Below The Value of The
Security vote Today is unknown The source’s disclosure of
the security ‘pocket money’ of the former labour leader also
tallies with an on-the- record admission by a former lawmaker based
in Osogbo, the state capital, concerning the governor of Osun
state. The former deputy speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, who
is also a former attorney general of the state, Honourable Niyi
Owolade, told Legit.ng that the first monthly money Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun state traditionally demands and gets as soon as
funds arrive from the federal government is N500 million, which he
said is the governor’s share of the controversial security vote.
ADVERTIS.I.NG Owolade, who said that the security vote is
unappropriated, unaudited and unaccounted for, said if President
Muhammadu Buhari is truly ready to fight corruption he should start
by telling Nigerians how the nation’s presidents and governors
plunder scarce resources in the name of security votes, and
demanded that the president do something radical to address the
issue. How Nigerian governors bag minimum of N210b security votes
annually Adams Oshiomole He said: He said further that the time is
ripe for Nigerians to start the debate on security votes and that
it is a humiliating slap on the face for citizens for sitting
governors to be taking N500 million unaccounted for monthly from
the collective wealth amid a financial crisis which necessitated a
federal government bailout package to state governments.
Lawmaker told Buhari “If the president and state governors are
really sincere in the fact that money is not forthcoming when
people are suffering, the quantum security votes in some states is
N500 million, where that would represent 1 quarter of the salaries
of the entire workforce. At present, with states’ governors setting
aside a minimum of N500 million every month as security vote, by
the end of each year a state governor would have succeeded in
diverting N6 billion of public funds annually, with citizens of 35
states, excluding the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, losing N210
billion annually to their chief executives according to that
estimate, while governors who serve two terms are likely to pocket
a whopping N48 billion as security vote during their tenures.
Balarabe Musa, the former governor of the old Kaduna state, told
Legit.ng that when he served as governor the amount for security
vote was a paltry N100,000, which he said was accounted for. He
explained that before the military came to power in 1966, the
amount of security funds was voted for, and that the difference
between then and now is that the money was accounted for, though
not made public. According to him, if the money is approved by the
legislators then it is legal and constitutional, and he explained
that this was the case when he was governor of the old Kaduna
state. He said security votes as they are practised in present day
Nigeria are nothing but fraud and stealing of public funds through
unaccountable means, noting that the trend goes to show how bad the
Nigerian system is where such an outrageous amount can be wasted by
presidents and governors at the expense of the people who elected
them. Nelson Ekujumi, the executive director of the Centre for
Rights and Grassroots Initiative (CRGI), told Legit.ng that if
governors allegedly bag a minimum of N500 million as monthly
security votes, one is left to wonder what that of the president
would be, since the burden of national security still rests on his
shoulders. “Again, it borders on transparency and accountability.
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some sorts for governors to be diverting this huge fund when they
have not been able to pay workers’ salaries; and are asking workers
to take pay cut. They are asking workers to suffer more when they
themselves are not ready to let go some of their privileges. This
is against the essence of democracy. If President Buhari really
wants to fight corruption this is where the real issue is. How
Nigerian governors bag minimum of N210b security votes annually
Governor Rochas Okorocha dancing shoki during APC campaign rally.
Dele Adesina, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and a senior
partner at Adesina and Co, in an interview that he had read the
1999 constitution over and over again and had yet to see any
section authorizing the federal government to dole out money to
both president and governors as security votes. He
explained that some years ago, the Nobel laureate Professor Wole
Soyinka had lamented that Nigeria was the only country in the world
where money is given to presidents or heads of state and governors
which is unaccounted for. According to him, in a situation
where everybody is apprehensive because the economy is in trouble
and the president is crying “there is no money”, the time has come
for Nigerians to demand the stoppage of security vote, since there
is no insurrection in the country apart from the northeast and
recently in the Niger Delta. He explained that the secrecy
surrounding security vote is an appropriate issue for President
Buhari’s intervention if he is really an agent of change, and that
on no account should any government, either at the federal or state
level, spend money that is not allocated. more
Gov reveals security votes, salary details – earns N470,000
monthly 04/11/2017 The Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara had challenged El-Rufai to reveal his salary and
allowances after the Gov said NASS budget lacks transparency.
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam
El-Rufai revealed his pay slip on Monday, April 10, in
response to a challenge from the Speaker House of Representatives,
Hon. Yakubu Dogara.
The details, which was released by the Governor’s media aide,
Samuel Aruwan, shows that he earns N470, 521.74 monthly after total
deduction.
The breakdown is as follows:
Income
Basic Salary; N185,308.75,
Hardship Allowance; N370,617.50,
Gross Pay; N555,926.25,
PAYE; N85,404.5,
Total Deduction; N85,401.51,
Net Pay; N470,521.74.
The Governor’s security votes for 2017 is N4.556bn. This
includes procurement & Installation of CCTV Cameras for Monitoring
and Surveillance, Procurement of Geo-position Interceptor and
location of GSM UMTS System to Check the Trends and
Intercept/locate kidnappers’ GSM calls and Procurement of
Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).
Last week, El-Rufai had criticised the National Assembly (NASS),
saying its budget lacks transparency.
He requested the Assembly to provide further details on its
opaque N115 billion 2016 NASS budget.
In response to this, Dogara, challenged El-Rufai to make public
his salary and security votes.