After Spending N470Million This Year
Ekiti Govt Budgets Additional N300Million For Abuja Governor’s Lodge After Spending N470Million on it already.

Earlier, a SaharaReporters review of the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal revealed that a contract valued at N320 million was awarded for the construction of a guest house chalet within the Government House.

A SaharaReporters review of the 2026 proposed budget document for Ekiti State has shown that a total of N300 million has been earmarked for the construction of the governor and deputy governor's lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.

This allocation comes despite the fact that N470 million was already spent on the same purpose between January and September 2025.

While the government spends on lodges for deputy governor and state governor, a review of the Ekiti State audited financial statement for the year ended December 2024 reveals a worrying trend. The document shows that 35 government agencies received no funding for their capital expenditure, despite having a combined capital budget of N3.3 billion.

The affected agencies include: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology;
Deputy Governor’s Office; Independent Project Monitoring Office; Ekiti State Boundary Commission; Ekiti State Mortgage Board; Ekiti State Liaison Office, Abuja; Ekiti State Liaison Office, Lagos; Ekiti State Muslim Board; Capital Development Authority; and Ekiti State Pensions Board.

Others are: Ministry of Information and Values Orientation; Office of Establishment and Service Matters; Office of Capacity Development and Reforms; Ekiti State Civil Service Commission; Office of Political and Economic Affairs; Directorate of Farm Settlement and Peasant Farmers Development; and Central Internal Audit.

Others are the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital; Ekiti Drugs and Health Supply Management; Ministry of Local Government Affairs; and the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Home Affairs.

Despite these funding gaps, SaharaReporters earlier reported that the state government awarded contracts worth billions of naira to permanent secretaries.

Another contract for the procurement of one 18-seater Sunray bus and four Bajaj motorcycles, valued at N75.1 million, was also awarded to a "Permanent Secretary."