Residents and opposition parties, including the Nigeria Democratic Congress and Africa Democratic Congress, in Borno State, have called for an external investigation into the inclusion of a non-existent four billion naira railway project in the 2025 budget implementation report by the government of the state.
The calls followed Monday’s statement by the Borno State government, in which they admitted that the inclusion of the project, which was marked as 100 per cent complete, was an administrative error.
In the statement, the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, said an internal review conducted by relevant ministries confirmed that no rail project was awarded, funded or executed by the state government during the 2025 fiscal year in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and the Jere Local Government Area.
Tar said consultations with the Ministry of Budget, the Ministry of Transport and Energy, and other relevant agencies showed there was no
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