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On expenditure performance for Q1, Delta State had spent 33.6% of its budgeted expenditure for the year. Ekiti State, on the other hand, had spent one-quarter of its budget for 2023 in the same period.
On Friday, December 2, it was widely reported that the Nigerian president accused state governors of pocketing local government funds.
In June, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed a sum of ₦547.31 billion to the three tiers of government. Of this sum, the federal government (FG) received ₦219.80 billion, while states received ₦152.47 billion. Disbursement to local governments was ₦114.09 billion. The FAAC paid out the remaining funds as derivation funds to oil-producing states and other statutory agencies of government. From the report, DATAPHYTE have identified five subjects of attention.
