The Senate on Thursday said that it has reconciled the N10 billion “padding” found in the budget of Ministry of Education.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Binta Garba, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, at the connection of Federal university of Lafia to the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN).
The National Assembly had last week raised the alarm over the discovery of N10 billion padding in the education sector budget while it took the minister of Education to task over it.
Garba said the N10 billion padding actually belonged to the Universal Basic Education (UBE) which was made in a typographical error.
“Yes, it’s meant for the Universal basic Education where they lumped it. I think the issue is not with the ministry but that of the office of the National Planning and Budget.
“I think there was a typographical error that was made. I think with the House and the Senate, we have been able to resolve it. It was a typographic error, I think we will amend it in the budget,” Garba said