Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of
power, has slashed the amount budgeted as expenses for feeding for the offices
of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in the 2018 budget.
In the line item identified as
“foodstuff and catering material supplies,” the president and vice-president
got N149 million, which is N18 million lesser than the N167 million budgeted
for the same purpose in 2017.
Buhari got N98.3 million while Osinbajo
got N50.8 million.
A copy of the recently passed
budget obtained by TheCable also shows that Aso Rock got N145 million as
allocation for “foodstuff and catering material supplies,” N22 million lesser
than the N123 million it got in 2017 budget.
ANOTHER N44M FOR ‘REFRESHMENT AND MEALS’
There is also a separate sum of
N44 million budgeted for “refreshment and meal” for the nation’s numbers one
and two citizens.
The sum of N25.7 million goes to
Buhari’s office while the sum of N18.3 million goes to Osinbajo’s office.
Checks by TheCable shows no
provision was made for the item for the two offices in the 2017 budget.
Aso Rock also gets a separate
N137 million for the same purpose, N40 million higher than the N97.2 million it
got in 2017.
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