Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) plan to spend N14.3bn on Computers.
This is according to an analysis by Daily Trust.
20 of these agencies will collectively spend N14,261,940,152 on new computers. President Bola Tinubu presented the N49.7 trillion budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 18.
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The budget includes the line item “Purchase of Computers,” which appears a total of 212 times, with over 100 MDAs proposing to buy new computers.
This has sparked criticism from analysts and civil society groups, who argue that the annual purchase of computers and other “non-essential” items has become wasteful and excessive. They have called on lawmakers to carefully scrutinize the budget before approval.
Among the highest spenders is the Ministry of Education, which has been allocated N3.88 billion for computer purchases, followed by the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre with N2.7 billion.
Other agencies with notable allocations include the defunct Ministry of Sports Development, which received N1.1 billion, and the newly formed Ministry of Livestock Development, which has been earmarked N263.4 million for computers.
Additionally, the Ministry of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy will spend N525.2 million, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development N75 million, and the Ministry of Transport N70 million. Agencies like NAFDAC, PTAD, NIMET, and others also have budgeted amounts for computer procurement.
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