Mr Soludo, however, noted, “My administration is currently cleaning up the state wage bill and the payroll system.”
Peoples Gazette had obtained and published an internal memo detailing the complaints of associate justices to the Chief Justice of the Federation.
Ms Ahmed who spoke at an IMF meeting on Wednesday said that the ongoing war in Ukraine triggered the country’s budget deficit’s rise to 4.5 per cent.
The senators said the extension of the budget period was to help complete ongoing projects.
The budget, a 3.64 per cent increase over that of 2021, has a recurrent expenditure of N78.7 billion and a capital expenditure of N68.7 billion.
The governor said that the 2022 budget of N188.4 billion is lower than the current 2021 budget of N205,016,512,295.41 by N16,587,016,447.78.
Barely two weeks in office, in March 2020, the governor took a loan of N2.9 billion to purchase cars for himself, his deputy and top government officials.
The appropriation bill comprises N260.15 billion as recurrent expenditure and N321.96 billion as capital expenditure.
The presidency said the budget would address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation.
FAAC says Nigeria made N605.958 billion as distributable income in May, which was shared among federal, state, and local governments as well as other relevant agencies.
