The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has dismissed insinuations in some reports that its proposed 2022 budget was padded with N4.5 billion.<\/p>\n
The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
Babafemi said the agency had been inundated with calls and messages since Tuesday, seeking clarification on an alleged insertion of N4.5 billion into the NDLEA\u2019s proposed budget being considered by the Senate.<\/p>\n
According to him, the amount was allegedly said to be for the construction of police barracks for personnel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is public knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari magnanimously approved the construction of barracks for NDLEA over a period of four years, starting from 2022 fiscal year\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations have confirmed that the amount in question is, indeed, for the construction of NDLEA barracks but typographically inputted as \u2018police barracks\u2019 in one of the documents attached to the proposal from the budget office. The typo error has since been corrected and the budget cleared on Tuesday by the Senate Committee,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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