What have you said about money being deducted from state governments' allocations?
I have pointed to ₦800 billion that has been illegally deducted from the statutory allocations of state governments, funds that belong to the federating units of this republic. This money was unlawfully withheld and diverted without the authorisation of the National Assembly, without a court order, and without any constitutional basis. State governments under the Progressives Governors Forum have had their allocations raided for projects never disclosed to the public. Combined with ₦8.8 trillion in unrecorded federal expenditures, this points to a political war chest being assembled ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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This shadow economy does not operate only through unrecorded expenditures. It also operates through illegal extractions. We draw the attention of Nigerians to the ₦800 billion that has been illegally deducted from the statutory allocations of state governments, funds belonging to the federating units of this republic, unlawfully withheld and diverted without the authorisation of the National Assembly, without a court order, and without any constitutional basis whatsoever.
State governments across Nigeria under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum have had their allocations raided to fund projects and purposes that have never been disclosed to the Nigerian public. We state clearly and without equivocation that this ₦800 billion, combined with the ₦8.8 trillion in unrecorded federal expenditures, points unmistakably to the construction of a massive, multi-source political war chest being assembled ahead of the 2027 general elections.
