The Presidency says one man allegedly created a fake federal agency. It found its way into the national budget. It received public funds from a budget signed by the President. It operated from the Federal Secretariat. It met National Assembly leaders. It even engaged foreign ambassadors. Today, Nigerians are being told the agency never existed.
If that is true, this is no longer just about fraud. It is a national security failure. This is either a lie or a national security disaster that reflects the current state of our intelligence and oversight administration.
Think about what it means. An entity that allegedly did not exist was able to pass through layers of government without anyone stopping it. If the institutions at the centre of power could not detect it, how are they expected to stop terrorists, bring our school children home safely from abductors, fend off organised criminal networks or foreign actors exploiting the same weaknesses?
This goes beyond one individual. It exposes a state whose oversight systems may have failed at multiple levels. Nigeria does not have only a corruption problem. It has an institutional problem.
There has to be accountability. There has to be reform. Where failures are established, people should be held responsible. This should also trigger a serious national conversation about fixing the systems meant to protect the state before the next breach is even worse.
If each state employs 20,000 state police officers
This is the salary bill in year
Only salaries
If we peg salary at a flat rate of 90,000
Monthly cost per state: 90,000 × 20,000 officers = 1.8 billion
Monthly cost for all 36 states: 1.8 billion × 36 states = 64.8 billion
Total annual cost: 64.8 billion × 12 months = 777.6 billion
This is minus running cost and other sundry costs
A 16-year-old girl from Arandun, Kwara State, gave this account:
"My brother stole something and ran away. The police first arrested my mother and released her after taking money from her. Then they came and arrested me. Officer Jimoh, who had been pressuring me for s*x, which I refused, beat me severely and threatened to send me to prison. I have been sleeping since I returned home because of the beating."
@iam_brau Mikel was ahead of his time.... in this current chelsea .. nobody I repeat, nobody can bench him... u need someone to beat the press.. he is that guy