How a fake presidential council ended up with a budget of almost $1m in Nigeria
The government says it was set up with a forged letter of appointment but others say there is more to it.
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"There's no way [that office] in a normal system would not know that the agency is fake."
— Babachir Lawal , Politician
"This agency actually emanated and found itself in the budget from the executive."
— Oluseun Onigbinde , Activist
Key People
Former secretary to the government of the federation.
Bola Tinubu is the President of Nigeria.
Femi Gbajabiamila is the chief of staff to the President of Nigeria.
Co-founder of BudgIT, a Nigerian transparency group.
Director general of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
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The government says it was set up with a forged letter of appointment but others say there is more to it.
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