- President Muhammadu Buhari, his vice
Professor Yemi Osinbajo and others in the Presidency will spend N2.9
billion on honorarium, allowances in 2017
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President Buhari budgeted about N507 million for honorarium and sitting
allowance in 2016 while his predecessor, President Goodluck Jonathan
budgeted N174 million for the same purpose in 2015.
Despite economic recession, President Muhammadu
Buhari, his vice Professor Yemi Osinbajo and others in the Presidency
will spend N2.9 billion on honorarium, allowances in 2017, details of
the 2017 budget has revealed.
According to Daily sun, President Buhari
budgeted about N507 million for honorarium and sitting allowance in 2016
while his predecessor, President Goodluck Jonathan budgeted N174
million for the same purpose in 2015.
The budget further revealed that Buhari will spend
N393 million, consisting of N188 million for honorarium and sitting
allowances, N205 million would be spent on non-regular allowances, while
the office of Vice President and Chief of Staff will take N21.3 million
and N18 million, respectively.
The Economic and Financial Crime
Commission (EFCC), an agency under the Presidency propose to spend N1.83
billion on honorarium and allowances while it’s total budget for 2017
is but at N17.202 billion making it the largest single allocation among
the agencies under the presidency.
Also,
N660, 377,107 has been budgeted to take care of power challenge at the
State House and other strategic offices in the Presidency. This sum
comprises of N436, 853,111 for the normal electricity charges and an
additional allocation of N223, 523,996 for its alternative power
solutions.
The maintenance of infrastructure
and technical facilities in the Defense House and other Safe Houses will
gulp N367.980 million, while the rehabilitation and infrastructure of
security quarters in the villa will also take N284.587 million.
The
president is planning to spend N978 million on travels – N739 million
foreign and N239 million local while his chief security officer (CSO) is
proposing to spend N123 million.
For the
office of the vice president, it budgeted N306 million for travels; N218
for foreign and N88 million, local – against 2016’s N43 million and
2015’s N33 million.
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