[wanabidii] $4m to update a website, rent for the president’s palace…Buhari’s budget leaves Nigerians shocked (M&G Africa)

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$4m to update a website, rent for the president's palace…Buhari's budget leaves Nigerians shocked   A 37.8M naira item appears over 369 times, and money for the presidential clinic exceeds that for all 17 of the country's teaching hospitals combined

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