N1.3 billion will be spent on
numerous trips, both foreign and local by President Muhammadu Buhari and
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in 2018.
According to Punch, the figure is
part of the 2018 Appropriation Bill presented to the joint section of the
National Assembly by President Buhari last week.
According to the details obtained
by the newspaper, the two Nigerian leaders will spend N968.4 m on their foreign
trips during the year, while their local trips will take N334m.
President Buhari’s budget on
foreign trip alone is N751m and N250m on local trips.
The VP will spend N217m and N84m
on his foreign and local trips respectively.
These figures do not include
N182m allocated for both local and foreign trips in the budget of the State
House Headquarters.
In the last budget of 2017,
President Buhari spent N739m on foreign trips, while Osinbajo used N218m for
the same purpose.
Also in 2017, N238m was spent by
Buhari on local trips while his deputy’s local trips cost N88 million, spending
N1. 28 billion on foreign and local trips in total last year.
Yes u are travelling to heaven, ur local trip cannot be by roads because u can't fix our road and u don't assure us of security, safe journey anyway!
ReplyDeletePlease compare it with what Jonathan spent.. Ordinary from Otuoke to Abuja as an ordinary citizen, he is using N1b. If he was president, na how much he for be?? Under Jonathan, Diezani was spending N10b annually for trips..a minister under a president, how much was the president spending then???
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