Security votes remain secret in Nigeria as insecurity worsens

Over the years, whatever that has been heard about the real amount being appropriated to state governors in Nigeria for security has remained a guess work.

Some Nigerians, even those in the corridors of power, have described security votes as humongous amount of money that is spent by governors unaccounted for.

Someone told BusinessDay that “security vote is like a bottomless pit in terms of hugeness.”

According to Wikipedia, “security vote in Nigeria is a monthly allowance that is allocated to the 36 states within the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the sole purpose of…