The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is under fire for its 2026 budget proposal. Official documents reveal that the agency plans to spend over ₦3.2 billion on recurrent overheads, including ₦722 million for refreshments and ₦278.6 million for cleaning and fumigation.
Critics condemned the proposal as profligate, stressing that the same items appear annually with inflated figures.
The EFCC, which is tasked with investigating such waste in other sectors, now finds its own internal financial planning under the microscope of the National Assembly.
The agency has estimated N2.22 billion just for fueling, N1.02 billion for motor vehicles and N1.2 billion for generators.
Anti-corruption advocates, including Debo Adeniran of CACOL, stated that these repetitive budget lines served as a platform for the diversion of public funds under the disguise of servicing operational costs.
Government officials find every means to create avenues within the budget to take care of their own comfort and convenience. MDAs repeat the same budget line year in, year out – Comrade Debo Adeniran, Executive Director, CACOL
The 2026 Appropriation Bill is currently undergoing review by the National Assembly. Lawmakers may likely summon the EFCC leadership to justify these recurrent expenditures before the budget is passed into law.
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