Records on the portal show that the payments were made on September 12, 2025, to Kalahari Engineering Limited for works described as renovation, rehabilitation, furnishing, and general upgrading of the office of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has spent a total of N263 million on the renovation of the Minister’s office, according to findings from a review of the Federal Government’s public payments portal, Govspend.
Records on the portal show that the payments were made on September 12, 2025, to Kalahari Engineering Limited for works described as renovation, rehabilitation, furnishing, and general upgrading of the office of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs.
On that day, the ministry paid N205 million to the company for what was listed as the main contract for the renovation of the Minister’s office.
The payment description on Govspend stated that the funds were for the “renovation, rehabilitation, furnishing and general upgrade of the hon Minister’s Office.
In addition to the initial payment, the portal also shows that a further N58 million was paid to the same company on the same date. This second payment was described as covering additional works or variations in the scope of the renovation project.
The description read that the payment was granted to Kalahari Engineering Limited for “additional works/variation in scope on the renovation, rehabilitation, furnishing and general upgrade of the honourable Minister’s Office.”
Taken together, the two transactions bring the total amount spent on the office renovation to N263 million, all disbursed on the same day, September 12, 2025.
The expenditure comes amid broader scrutiny of spending patterns within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that a review of the public payments portal, Govspend, revealed how the ministry spent a total of N507.5 million on the purchase of Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles within a span of just three days.
According to records published on the portal, on September 12, 2025, the ministry paid N253.7 million to A-Plus Integrated Services Limited for the supply of Toyota Land Cruisers, 2024 model.
The payment description reads: “Being payment granted a-plus integrated services limited for the supply of utility vehicles Toyota Land cruiser 3.51 vxr V6 twin turbo engine 2024 model.”
Just two days earlier, on September 10, 2025, the ministry paid another N253.8 million to Wada Autos Limited for the supply of Toyota Land Cruisers.
In total, the ministry spent N507.5 million between September 10 and September 12, according to details published on Govspend.
Both the office renovation payments and the vehicle purchases were recorded on the same public portal designed to promote transparency in government spending, drawing attention to the scale and timing of the ministry’s expenditures during the period under review.