IMF report: FG insists all expenditure was lawfully approved | TheNewsGuru

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The ministry cited Sections 80 to 83 and Section 162 of the Constitution, explaining that government spending is authorised through annual Appropriation Acts, Supplementary Appropriation Acts and other statutory approvals granted by the legislature.
53% : It maintained that such expenditures are lawful, transparent and subject to legislative oversight and auditing.
38% : The Federal Government has dismissed allegations that it spent more than ₦8 trillion, estimated at about two per cent of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), outside the country's approved budget, insisting that every government expenditure was carried out within the framework of the law.
32% : According to the ministry, misrepresenting technical observations as evidence of illegal government spending only undermines informed public discourse and accountability.

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