MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS DENIES PROVISION FOR CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS IN ITS 2019 BUDGET
Punarimam Fehintola,
Abuja
The
ministry of foreign affairs has denied some media reports credited to the
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences
Commission (ICPC) stating that the sum of 2.9 Billion Naira has been earmarked
for Zonal Intervention/Constituency Projects in the Ministry’s 2019
Budget.
The
Ministry in a statement signed by its spokesman Ferdinand Nwonye says “to
inform the public that no such amount was earmarked in the Ministry’s 2019
Budget.
However,
an investigation conducted as a consequence of the media report revealed that
unknown to the Ministry, Zonal Intervention Projects allocated to Members of
the National Assembly (NASS) as Constituency Projects to the tune of 2.9
Billion Naira was earmarked by NASS for execution by the Institute of Peace and
Conflict Resolution (IPCR), which happens to be an Agency of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs”.
Nwonye
further explains that it is important to also note that this amount is not
reflected in the 2019 Appropriation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
never came to the attention of the Ministry.
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