Facts have emerged on how the President Bola Tinbu-led Nigerian government approved the sum of N2.5billion for Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to procure deep freezers, generators and other items as empowerment projects for the people of his constituency, Sahara Reporters is reporting.
A screenshot of the budget shared by a popular social media critic, Mahdi Shehu on X revealed that the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs inserted five different empowerment projects for the people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District at the sum of N500,000,000 each.
“EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN WITH DEEP FREEZERS, GENERATORS AND OTHER EMPOWERMENT ITEMS TO BOOST THEIR DAILY EARNING IN THE TWO (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF NORTH WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT AT 250M EACH (IΚΟΝΟ & ABAK),” one of the projects reads.