Alleged N6.93trn Budget Padding : Nigeria`s Process Now Elites' ATM-CUPP

Peter Obi Slams ₦7 Trillion Budget Padding, Says Nigeria Has Become a Crime Scene

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has once again raised the alarm over deep-rooted corruption in Nigeria, condemning the recent revelation of ₦7 trillion in questionable insertions into the 2025 national budget.   In a strongly worded statement, Obi described the country as a “relentless scene of corruption,” asserting that Nigeria must cease functioning as a crime scene if it is ever to achieve genuine development. He insis…

Alleged N6.93trn Budget Padding : Nigeria`s Process Now Elites' ATM-CUPP

By Oscar Okhifo The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has frowned at the recent allegation of N6.93 trillion wrongly allocated in the 2025 budget. CUPP, according to its national secretary, Chief Peter Ameh, described the discovery by  BudgIT, a civil society organization focused on transparency and accountability, as an “unprecedented level of budget padding” in the President Bola Tinubu led administration. “It is a new level of brig…