The Zamfara State Authorities has refuted the declare that it budgeted N19.3 billion for buying kitchen gear in 2024, stating that faux information is meant to mislead the general public.
On Tuesday, a web based platform (not the PUNCH)) reported {that a} evaluate of the Zamfara State finances efficiency doc confirmed that the state budgeted the quoted quantity to buy kitchen and canteen gear for the 2024 fiscal yr.
In a response throughout a press briefing in Gusau, the the state capital, the state Commissioner for Funds and Planning, Mallam Abdulmalik Gajam, expressed disappointment within the deceptive report.
Gajam offered particulars of the breakdown of the N19.3 billion budgeted for initiatives below the Ministry of Training.
He stated, “The information platform that peddled the faux information pushed half-baked statistics, omitting the very important data from the entire finances efficiency doc.”
“The breakdown of 19.3 billion was budgeted below the Ministry of Training, and it’s below the class of capital expenditure.
“The identify canteen & kitchen is a set asset buy the coded identify of a specific class of a number of expenditures which comprise a provision on the agile program, building of zonal major colleges, provision of good major faculty in Gusau, procurement of kitchen utensil for all authorities faculty for 40 million naira, building of lecturers coaching centre and creation of lecturers growth funding scheme.
“All this put collectively is what constituted 19.3 billion.”
The commissioner additional confused that Governor Daudu Lawal’s administration got here to cut back the abuse of public funds and block leakages.
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