Akwa Ibom publishes Q2 budget report but fails to show where trillions went — BudgIT
Akwa Ibom State Government has published its second-quarter 2026 budget implementation report, but the three-page document leaves major gaps in its account of public spending.
An investigative report by PREMIUM TIMES in January found that Akwa Ibom had slipped deeper into fiscal secrecy under Mr Eno, despite his commitment to fiscal transparency in his manifesto and provisions of the state’s Fiscal Responsibility Law.
The finding places Akwa Ibom in a peculiar position: while 34 states published their Q2 2026 Budget Implementation Reports, BudgIT singled out Akwa Ibom for publishing a report that, despite being publicly available, contains “significant data gaps” that limit meaningful scrutiny of government expenditure.
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