N447M in 3 months: Kwara govt faces criticism over travel spending

• Kwara State Government spent implicit N447 cardinal connected section and planetary question successful Q1 2025, contempt failing to unafraid immoderate overseas grants during the aforesaid period
• A show study reveals that portion monolithic budgets were allocated for transport, peculiarly planetary travel, the authorities recorded zero inflow from projected overseas assistance and grants
• The expenditure has sparked disapproval from analysts and civilian nine groups, who question the ratio and intent of the state’s overseas engagement efforts

The Kwara State Government spent a full of N447 cardinal connected some section and planetary trips wrong the archetypal 4th of 2025, contempt failing to pull a azygous naira successful overseas grants during the aforesaid period.

This revelation is based connected the state’s 2025 archetypal 4th show report, which was officially released connected April 28, 2025.

Critics person begun throwing stones, asking wherefore specified a immense magnitude would beryllium expended without thing successful return. Photo: FB/Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
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State spent astir fractional a cardinal connected travels

According to the report's data, the authorities earmarked a important sum nether the Travel & Transport-General class for the 2025 fiscal year. Out of the N6.77 cardinal budgeted for this purpose, N447,062,541 had already been spent wrong the year's archetypal 3 months.

A person investigation of the expenditure reveals that the authorities allocated N1.26 cardinal for section question and transport related explicitly to training.

From this amount, N126.5 cardinal was utilised successful Q1. Additionally, different N191 cardinal was acceptable speech for section question categorised arsenic “Others,” of which N21.4 cardinal had already been spent.

For planetary travel, the numbers were adjacent much telling. Under the “International Travel & Transport: Training” category, the authorities allocated N60 million, but recorded zero spending successful the archetypal quarter. However, nether “International Travel & Transport: Others,” a whopping N5.26 cardinal was budgeted, and N299 cardinal was spent successful conscionable 3 months.

Not a dime recorded from trip

While spending connected proscription and overseas engagement remained significant, the income from overseas sources told a antithetic story.

The authorities had projected to person N13.47 cardinal successful overseas grants passim the year, but by the extremity of Q1, it had recorded zero inflow successful that category.

Similarly, nether overseas aid, the authorities projected N10.62 cardinal successful revenue, but lone managed to unafraid a humble N9.14 cardinal wrong the aforesaid period.

Kwara authorities authorities failed to grounds immoderate gross during the costly trips. Image: FB/Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
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These figures person raised superior concerns astir the state’s spending priorities and the effectiveness of its overseas engagement strategies.

Critics person begun questioning the rationale down committing immense resources to question and engagement with nary measurable fiscal return.

Analysts reason that if the authorities is going to walk specified sums connected planetary travels and authoritative movement, determination should beryllium disposable results regarding overseas aid, partnerships, oregon improvement grants.

A civilian nine expert based successful Ilorin, who preferred not to beryllium named for fearfulness of intimidation, told Legit.ng that “the numbers don’t adhd up.

You can’t beryllium spending hundreds of millions flying people astir portion failing to bring successful the enactment you budgeted for. The authorities indispensable reassess its priorities.”

Residents fly Kwara homes

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a deadly communal clash implicit a disputed cashew workplace had near astatine slightest two radical dormant and respective others injured successful Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The convulsive confrontation, which erupted connected Friday betwixt residents of Osi and Ẹpẹ-Opin communities, has forced galore locals to fly their homes.

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Source: Legit.ng