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President, Vice-President’s food to gulp ₦149m
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Labour sets up team to study FG’s 2020 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend a total of ₦3.327bn on foreign and local trips in 2020. The figure is contained in the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill that Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The item was tagged Travel and Transport (General) under State House (President) and State House (Vice-President).
In the 2019 Budget, a total of ₦1.3bn was allocated for the foreign and local trips of the President and the Vice-President. While N1bn was allocated to the Buhari, ₦301.03m was allocated to Osinbajo. A breakdown of the ₦3.327bn allocated to travels for the two officials in 2020 shows that Buhari will spend ₦2.526bn on his trips while Osinbajo will spend ₦801m on his trips.
A further breakdown shows that Buhari’s foreign trips will gulp ₦1.751bn while ₦775.6m will be spent on his local trips for the year. In the case of Osinbajo, his foreign trips will cost the nation ₦517m while his local trips will cost ₦283.97m.
The figures are outside the ₦182.25m allocated for travels and transport in the budget of the State House Headquarters.
Foodstuffs for President, Vice-President to gulp ₦149m
Also in the bill, a total of N149m was allocated for foodstuffs and catering material supplies for both Buhari and Osinbajo. While the President is expected to spend ₦98.3m on the item, ₦50.88m was budgeted for Osinbajo. Apart from the ₦149m foodstuffs and catering material supplies bill, the two government officials will also spend ₦43.916m on refreshment and meal.
Buhari will spend ₦25.652m on the item while Osinbajo will spend ₦18.264m on the same item. This is apart from the ₦135.668m budgeted for the same refreshment and meal in the budget of the State House Headquarters. For honorarium and sitting allowance, both of them will spend ₦184.438m. While ₦164.176m was allocated to the President, ₦20.262m was allocated to the Vice-President. ₦478.313m was allocated to the same honorarium and sitting allowance in the budget of State House Headquarters.