Also, none of the 45 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) saddled with executing these multi-billion-naira palace projects possesses the legal or statutory mandate to construct royal structures. A federal budget cannot lawfully be used to assume responsibilities that the Constitution has assigned elsewhere.” “Government wants Nigerians to approve ₦22.15 billion for 106 palace projects, yet it cannot identify the beneficiaries or tell the nation where those palaces are located. Every road, school, hospital and constituency project in the national budget carries a location. “The Nigerian people—not politically convenient projects—must remain the centerpiece of every national budget.