In a
Facebook post, Governor El-Rufai has compared the amount of money spent
on this year's Independence Day celebration with that of the past
administrations.
We reported it here few weeks ago that the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Babachir Lawal in a statement (Read Here)
disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari reluctantly approved only N70
million for this year's Independence Day celebration after complaining
that he would have preferred the money is diverted for the payment of
workers' salaries.
He said the president had argued that the money was too much to be
spent on frivolities such as celebrations when Nigerians are grappling
to survive the present day economic realities.