The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has advised the federal government to cut the 26 billion naira presidency budget for the construction of the presidential wing at the State House Medical Centre, local and foreign travels, meals and others packages, rather use some of the savings to address the growing level of deficit, as well as improve public healthcare facilities across the country.
SERAP also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send to the National Assembly a fresh supplementary appropriation bill, which reflects the reduced proposed spending.
Deputy Director of the group Kolawole Oluwadare, in the letter dated 9 October 2021 said many Nigerians will find it odd, unfair and unjust that the government is spending so much money on many of these items amidst a public borrowing crisis.
It also noted that planned spending could be better allocated to improve
