The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education says it did not conceive the controversial projects itemised in its budget.
Details of the 2026 Appropriations Act showed that the commission was allocated N22.82 billion, comprising N21.68 billion for capital expenditure and N1.14 billion for recurrent expenditure.
Daily Trust had reported that the commission earmarked N8.4 billion in the 2026 budget for road construction, which is outside its statutory mandate.
Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, Nura Muhammad, special assistant on media and communications to the executive secretary of the commission, said the projects formed part of constituency interventions captured in the Appropriation Act and allocated to it in line with existing budgetary practice.
Muhammad said the projects were conceived by the national assembly as constituency projects assigned to it for implementation.
“The commission wishes to clarify that these projects are national assembly constituency
