The Nigerian Senate was, yesterday, told that the N1, 305, 292, 050 set aside in the 2013 budget for refreshment and meals and other miscellaneous expenses in the State House will not be enough.
This is just as a breakdown of the Miscellaneous sub-head in Aso Rock’s budget shows that N203,752,432 was allocated for refreshment and meals; N107,412,768 would be spent on honorarium and sitting allowance while N37, 277,825 will be for publicity and advertisement.
These were disclosed, yesterday, when the State House Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbile appeared before the Senator Dahiru Kuta-led Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to defend the N14,715,566,104 budget for next year.
Ogbile also told the senators some other expenses that were being taken care of in the refreshment and meals vote, which he said include National Economic Council (NEC), Council of State, conferences in the Banquet Hall, Presidential retreats, National Merit Award, Children’s Day as well as hosting of dignitaries. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta, however, countered the Permanent Secretary on the provision for the Merit Award which he said has its own budget.
The Permanent Secretary also gave a further breakdown of the 2013 State House budget as thus, Medical expenses (N50,308,546); Postage and courier services (N10,035,583); Welfare packages (N195,066,223); Subscription to professional bodies (N4,589,793); and Sporting activities (N32,910,730).
According to him, Overtime will gulp, N250,455,589; Feeding of animals including animal supplements for the veterinary clinic (N30,584,144); Summit/ Extra ordinary sessions including the UN, African Union, ECOWAS, etc (N228,112,862); and NYSC, IT, LOCUM, Housemanship and contract staff allowance (N144,788,555).
According to Ogbile: “I have taken pains to explain that this money is not just to fund the residence of the President and that of the Vice President. The experience I have had is that this fund is grossly insufficient. It is not even enough.”
The Permanent Secretary noted that “it is also from the budget of N1.305 billion that we take care of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which holds every Wednesday.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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These people just like to play on figure as they like .
ReplyDeleteCant you be ashame of yourself for killing us ( poor Nigeria ) gradually .
You are telling us that 1.3 billion is not enough for refreshment .
That is the level of inflation in the country but you seem not to understand how common people are affected .
Let me tell you condituon of average Nigeria now .
There is not like balance diet or adequate food , we are just eating anything for survival sake .
Some of you are eating good , adequate and balance diet and you are still complaining.
God will catch you one day and dont forget that
Cobra always die of hunger.
Uninstalling Jonathan......... █████████████▒▒▒ 93% complete
ReplyDelete37 million for publicity. That is over 3million monthly. What are they advertising. Demand they sell pure water? - AJ
ReplyDeleteAre you not asheme mentioning contract staff in Asorock? Continue to lavish our money, God will help you?
ReplyDeleteGod ll punish all of u, involve in looting Nigerians treasure. Allah ya isa.
ReplyDeleteHow much did u bastards allocate for Flood victims, boko haram victims, bad road dat swallows innocents souls daily, avaition that cause shame to the conutry,all u guys will perish n rot in hell.
ReplyDeletethey are all out to waste and squander fund , soon they will be be looking for ways to generate money and the next thing is to rise fuel and say they are removing subsidy , (awon omo oninakuna) being pursue by the spirit of wasters, we are waiting for you to Finnish the national treasury and start dragging the dying Nigerians to squeeze them out and milk us for money . the adage of being prudent and sincere is not there just waste and squander
ReplyDeleteGod will surely judge
ReplyDeleteIf u can't beat them join them sir, instead of hating
ReplyDeleteThey are bastards.....obama cut down salary and other expenses in the white house when US economy was going down.that is sacrifice...why can you bastards do same??idiots...I hate Nigeria...
ReplyDeleteUna dey for Aso Villa dey enjoy 1.3 billion while hunger dey kpai una bros few meters away for National Hospital
ReplyDeletefor feeding of animals N30million plus, chei God dey. how much did the flood victims get. @ safari i think the uninstalling is now 95% just check it now........
ReplyDeleteThe Permanent Secretary also gave a further breakdown of the 2013 State House budget as thus, Medical expenses (N50,308,546); Postage and courier services (N10,035,583); Welfare packages (N195,066,223); Subscription to professional bodies (N4,589,793); and Sporting activities (N32,910,730).
ReplyDeleteAccording to him, Overtime will gulp, N250,455,589; Feeding of animals including animal supplements for the veterinary clinic (N30,584,144)
Feeding of animals including animal supplements for the veterinary clinic (N30,584,144)- shey my eyes r seeing well? is dis not N30.5m am looking at?
Odunaro said he wrote President Goodluck Jonathan on October 24 informing him of his decision to embark on the hunger strike if the agencies concerned did not pay them their entitlements on or before October 31.
He said, “I feel downcast with the turn of events in our country and I drew the passion to embark on a hunger strike from my disenchantment to the deliberate denial of common citizens’ rights.
this is the plight of a sample of the nigerian populace and am seeing N30.5m for animals. what would happen to the leftovers? who go chop am? wats the economic importance of these animals in aso rock?
basic economic concept or even the regular trader MO is to invest money in ventures to bring more money and i see a nigerian listing N30m for animal food and an ex senior banker amongst millions of nigerians dey outside dey starve.
chai!
chai again.
for all those pursuing 1.3 billion for chop chop and private jet people kindly read the attached story and see what true leadership is. dunno of which father eats merrily while his starving kids look at him.
ReplyDeleteMeet the “Poorest President” in the World – Uruguayan President José Mujica Drives a Volkswagen Beetle & Donates 90% of his Salary to Charity
Posted on Thursday, September 27th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
While our Nigerian leaders are being berated for refusing to declare their assets publicly and demanding astronomical pay rise to add to the already exorbitant allowances they receive, the President of Uruguay, José Mujica is getting world wide recognition and respect for donating 90 percent of his earnings to charitable causes.
He has earned what most people would call an enviable reputation as the “poorest,” or the “most generous,” president in the world. His nickname, “el presidente mas pobre” translates to “poorest president”.
The President said in a recent interview that the only big item he owns is his Volkswagen Beetle car, valued at $1,945 dollars (about N308,283) . He earns a salary of $12,500 a month (N1,981,250), but only keeps $1,250(N198,125) for himself, donating the rest to charity.
He lives in a farmhouse which is under his wife’s name, LucÃa Topolansky, a Senator, who also donates part of her salary.
The 77 year-old who has been Uruguay’s president since March 1, 2010 told El Mundo, “I do fine with that amount; I have to do fine because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less.”
It was also reported that under his stewardship, Uruguay has become known for low levels of corruption. The South American country ranks as the second least corrupt country in Latin America in Transparency International’s global corruption index.
Yahoo News reported that the President has no bank accounts, no debts, and he enjoys the companionship of his dog, Manuela. When his term is over, the President hopes to rest even more peacefully in his farmhouse, along with his wife and his inseparable dog.
There is something about leading by example. When you do, it becomes easier for other people to follow.
I read all the comments above with great sense of piety,as the same commentators are the same stock that voted the looters into power and will still vote them or same stock again! What a great piety!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha,laugh wan kill me die.still laughing out loud,all dese una comments made me laugh,except d last person b4 mine,mtchewwww,who feels talking anyhw will solve matters.i will keep revisiting dem.still laughing
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