The federal government has earmarked N4.8 billion for the
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging
application, and Thuraya, a satellite telephone.
The provision is contained in the supplementary 2021 budget
passed by the national assembly.
On Wednesday, the national assembly approved the sum of N982
billion as the supplementary budget for 2021. While N123 billion was approved
for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, N895 billion was earmarked for capital
expenditure.
The budget is meant to boost military operations and to
facilitate the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine.
The line items of the budget showed that police “commands
and formation” got N33.6 billion for a number of projects, including the
fumigation of 19 training institutes at N200 million.
While N936 million was earmarked for the police for the
purchase of uniform and kits, N910 million was voted for allowances and
salaries of trainees.
Under the ministry of defence, N1.6 billion was set aside
for “additional 2,700 troops”. The army got N675 million for operation
allowance for the troops.
The Nigeria Air Force got a total sum of N239 billion, of
which N266 million was budgeted for small arms and ammunition, N1.5 billion for
upgrade of barracks “through direct labour” and N84 billion for the payment of
“defence equipment”.
The Department of State Services (DSS) got a total of N17.5
billion for the purchase of vehicles, arms and upgrading of its six training
institutes across the country, among other line items.
Under health, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS
(NACA) got N1.6 billion for a “treatment programme”.
While N20.6 billion was voted for the “delivery” of vaccines
to every ward/primary health centre, N60.7 billion was earmarked for purchase
of COVID vaccines.
The sum of N6.7 billion was earmarked for the procurement
and installation of oxygen plants nationwide.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com