{
  "id": 8844174,
  "title": "MDAs’ foreign trips gulp N50bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/mdas-foreign-trips-gulp-n50bn-8844174",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T05:04:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/mdas-foreign-trips-gulp-n50bn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Federal ministries, departments, and agencies in Nigeria spent a minimum of N50.41 billion on foreign travel between June 2023 and June 19, 2026. This expenditure involved 1,967 transactions across 129 institutions and agencies, as recorded in the GovSpend public expenditure tracking platform. The analysis of 8,304 unique payments, excluding duplicates and smaller transactions, revealed that air tickets accounted for 47% of the total spending, at N23.70 billion. Estacode and offshore allowances followed with N17.05 billion, representing 33.8% of the total. The largest spender among the ministries, departments, and agencies was the Technical Aid Corps, with N11.70 billion in foreign travel-related expenses. Other major spenders included the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, State House Headquarters, and the Federal Ministry of Sports Development.",
  "summary": "Nigerian federal ministries, departments, and agencies spent at least N50.41bn on foreign trips, air tickets, and allowances between June 2023 and June 202 Read More: https://punchng.com/mdas-foreign-trips-gulp-n50bn/",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "MDAs’ foreign trips gulp N50bn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/mdas-foreign-trips-gulp-n50bn",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:02:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}