Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, has debunked reports of a provision for N10 billion for the renovation of his house in the 2024 Appropriation Bill.
The reports also claim that N10.1 billion was set aside for his computer software.
Reacting to this, the former speaker of the House of Representatives said in a statement on Wednesday that he only lives in his private house.
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“It has become necessary to clarify that there is no provision in the 2024 Appropriation Bill for the renovation of any residence for the Chief of Staff to the President. I live in my private residence,” he said.
Gbajabiamila clarified that the “sums mischievously quoted by online bloggers and fake news merchants are for renovating the Presidential Quarters in Dodan Barracks and the Vice President’s Lodge in Lagos, to overhaul the information management and communications facilities in the Presidency to meet modern standards and to provide vehicles for the staff of the Presidency.”
According to him, the amounts proposed for the projects are plainly defined in the budget proposal and bear no resemblance to the deceptive online commentary.
“This administration welcomes and encourages scrutiny of government expenditure; this is why the Budget proposal is publicly available. However, healthy public debate about government actions requires us to be responsible with our utterances and engage based on facts rather than insinuations and falsehoods,” he added.
