Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, stated in a recent interview with Channels TV that he was accused of inflating the figure when he revealed that state governors received 135 billion naira as part of a COVID-19 relief program in December of last year by a presidential adviser by the name of Tope Ajayi.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Falana, however, said that information from the federal government showed that the real amount distributed to the states for the previous nine months was 573 billion naira. He noted that the sum comprises the 438 billion naira that was added in July as well as the 135 billion naira from December.
In Falana’s words: “In December when I disclosed that 135 billion naira had been given out as part of COVID 19 program to the states, I was abused by one of the presidential aide, I think one Tope Ajayi. He came out to lambast me that I was exaggerating the figure. Now happily, the federal government has now been compelled to say the total sum of 573 billion naira had gone to the states in the last nine months. In order words, the 135 billion naira and the 438 billion naira, totalling 573 billion naira”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
