File: Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar.
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Bola Tinubu administration to account for public expenditure omitted from Nigeria’s recent budgets, as flagged by International Monetary Fund.
He described the development as evidence of “institutional corruption” at the highest levels of government.
Reacting to the International Monetary Fund’s disclosure that Nigeria excluded public spending equivalent to two per cent of its Gross Domestic Product from recent budget documentation, Atiku said the revelation raises serious constitutional and accountability concerns that demand immediate investigation.
In a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the former vice president argued that the omission could not be dismissed as an accounting error.
