The federal government has earmarked N1.1 billion to the
presidency for sitting allowance and welfare packages.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on October 7, presented a record
N20.51 trillion 2023 appropriation bill — with a fiscal deficit of N10.78
trillion — to the national assembly.
Themed ‘budget of fiscal sustainability and transition’, it
is the eighth and final budget of the current administration.
The budget shows that the presidency will spend N133.7
billion in total.
A further breakdown also shows that the presidency will get
N98.52 billion for personnel, while overhead costs and capital projects gulped
N17.48 billion and N17.72 billion, respectively.
The state house headquarters as well as state house operations
(offices of president and vice-president) were apportioned N19.8 billion.
N3BN FOR PRESIDENT,
VICE-PRESIDENT TRIPS
According to the budget proposal, the state house
headquarters will spend N232.2 million on travel and transport. While local
travel and transport (training) gulped N51.4 million, N87.8 million was
apportioned to local travel and transport (others).
On the other hand, N93 billion was earmarked for
international travel and transport (others) for the state house headquarters.
For the office of the president, N2.5 billion was allotted
to travel and transport, of which N862 million and N1.6 billion were earmarked
for local travel and transport (others) and international travel and transport
(others), respectively.
Meanwhile, N846.6 million was set aside for local and
international trips for the office of the vice-president.
While local travel and transport (others) were allotted
N330.3 million, international travel and transport (others) gulped N516.3
billion.
Consequently, for all trips in the 2023 fiscal year, the
offices of the president and vice-president are expected to receive N3.3 billion.
N1.1BN FOR SITTING ALLOWANCE, WELFARE PACKAGES
The state house headquarters is also expected to get N498.3
million for sitting allowance.
Likewise, the office of the president and office of the
vice-president will receive N174.2 million and N30.3 million, respectively.
Thus, allotment to the offices of the president and
vice-president as well as state house operations, for sitting allowance,
culminated in N702.8 million.
Also, the state house headquarters and office and the
vice-president will receive N388.7 million and N23.2 million, respectively —
totalling 411.9 million — for welfare
packages.
However, the office of the president received zero
allocation for the item.
On refreshments and meals, the state house headquarters will
spend N135.7 million while the office of the president and office of the
vice-president will spend N30.7 million and N20.3 million, respectively
–resulting in N51 million proposed spending.
On foodstuff and catering material supplies, N245.14 million
would be expended by state house headquarters, N301.13 million by the office of
the president and N156.7 million by the office of the vice-president.
EFCC TO GET N43.2
BILLION
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was
among the line items listed in the presidency budget details.
The commission will get N43.2 billion, out of which N2.5
billion was earmarked for capital expenditure.
According to the project details, the purchase of computer
software/hardware acquisition and software license gulped N200 million. Also,
N330.7 billion will be spent on the procurement of office furniture and air
conditioner while the construction of a new EFCC academy is expected to gulp N2
billion.
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