The Presidency on Wednesday asked the Senate to increase the N1, 305, 292, 050 set aside in the 2013 budget for refreshment and meals and other miscellaneous expenses in the State House.

A breakdown of the Miscellaneous sub-head in the Presidential Villa’s budget shows that N203,752,432 was allocated for refreshment and meals; N107,412,768 would be spent on honorarium and sitting allowance while N37, 277,825 will be for publicity and advertisement.

The State House Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbile, who appeared before the Senator Dahiru Kuta-led Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, defended the N14, 715,566,104 budget for next year.

Mr Ogbile said other expenses that were being taken care of in the refreshment and meals vote, which he said include National Economic Council (NEC), Council of State, conferences in the Banquet Hall, Presidential retreats, National Merit Award, Children’s Day as well as hosting of dignitaries.

He also gave a further breakdown of the 2013 State House budget as thus, Medical expenses (N50,308,546); Postage and courier services (N10,035,583); Welfare packages (N195,066,223); Subscription to professional bodies (N4,589,793); and Sporting activities (N32,910,730).

According to the Permanent Secretary, Overtime will gulp, N250,455,589; Feeding of animals including animal supplements for the veterinary clinic (N30,584,144); Summit/ Extra ordinary sessions including the UN, African Union, ECOWAS, etc (N228,112,862); and NYSC, IT, LOCUM, Housemanship and contract staff allowance (N144,788,555).

Mr Ogbile said: “I have taken pains to explain that this money is not just to fund the residence of the President and that of the Vice President. The experience I have had is that this fund is grossly insufficient. It is not even enough.”

The Permanent Secretary noted that “it is also from the budget of N1.305 billion that we take care of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which holds every Wednesday.”



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Mi nor get wahala 4 dat one.. Mai yown na make dem make provision 4 plenti shoes so dat "pipl" wey nor get am b4 go come get am plenti so we nor go hia dsame tory again... Mayb the nxt "pipl" go tel us sey "dem" nor wia "drouse" go farm... Make una dey ready 4 dat one...

Tax payers' money buys everything for him that is why he makes harsh economic policies that are not in favour of common man.

All these figures I'm seeing are giving me a headache. You want to increase una feeding allowance for budget abi? Hope you don't choke on your fish peppersoup.

C hai!!! Who'd vote me for president na? I need chop these non-fattening billions o, e be like na all dis cheap Garri I de chop de make me fat like ball.

lol at title of the topic.

the N350m they apportioned for PRESIDENTIAL PETS, they should first of all scrap that before thinking of asking for more money for food. i mean, why should there be 'presidential pets'. the pet belongs to the president and he should be responsible for feeding his animals not us. Long throats.

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If the thing vex you 2much contest for 2015 pure!

Demdem: That food will choke u all to death. Rubbish.

AND WE .... WE NEED ONLY GARRI

If two meals a day could cost this much,how about if the president do eat three times a day like me. That mean Naija money for enter voice mail by now.

ƪoƪ! These people don't sha have fear of God in their hearts or respect for the masses ni... I dey smile!

WTF

...when we are still looking for what will help the common man reduce the price of "Garr!"

Feeding of animals including animal supplements for the veterinary clinic (N30,584,144)

what does this even mean

Did i hear him say that amount is not even enough? Chai this is political robbery,why wouldn't he ask for more,when GEJ's son alone can consume a truck load of food in a day,no wonder he looks like an inflated balloon. Mtcheeew.

Over 200mill for refreshment and meals
Thought they were eating only cassava bread.
How many staff does the Aso Rock employs?

[size=20pt]THOSE WHO VOTED THEM HIM IN, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE CAUSED? PEOPLE HAVE EYES BUT CANT SEE, THEY HAVE HEAD BUT CANT THINK. COME NEXT ELECTION NIGERIANS WILL SELL THEIR SOULS YET THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME GOVERNMENT THEY SOLD IT TO[/size]

Laf want kill me o

Wasnt this EXACT topic on dis same frontpage yterday or d day b4? The purpose of d 1st post (empty complaints galore) was not achieved sufficiency perhaps, d Mod chose to ressurate it again? Dont tell me there is no oda Propaganda material out there....anyways, let d circus show begin

WTF??!!!

I thought he said he ate light? Two Times a Day?

4.5 million as subscription to proffesional bodies? i dont understand. pple pay certain amout to professional bodies monthly or yearly but surely not expensive to amout to 4.5m a year assuming GEJ, sambo, dame and amina belong to 2 professional bodies. apart from this four persons, all others should pay from their salary. well this naija..

2sexy: [size=20pt]THOSE WHO VOTED THEM HIM IN, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE CAUSED? PEOPLE HAVE EYES BUT CANT SEE, THEY HEAD BUT CANT THINK. COME NEXT ELECTION NIGERIAN WILL SELL THEIR SOULS YET THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME GOVERNMENT THEY SOLD IT TO[/size]

Ask how much the ex president have been eating before you say this.

And by d way,you should be commenting in the romance section but not here in politics.

SlyIg:
Ask how much the ex president have been eating before you say this.

And by d way,you should be commenting in the romance section but not here in politics.

Okay... And I hope you dont complain about any situation that does not favour you now or in the future. spits

which one be sitting allowance again...i pity the plumber wey dey aso rock,them shyte go dey smell well well

Some dey yofa, some dey suffer but 1 day, 1 day the two go kpai ii. (Sound Sultan - Koleyewon)

taharqa: Wasnt this EXACT topic on dis same frontpage yterday or d day b4? The purpose of d 1st post (empty complaints galore) was not achieved sufficiency perhaps, d Mod chose to ressurate it again? Dont tell me there is no oda Propaganda material out there....anyways, let d circus show begin

their demand for more money isnt a conjectures from the media. so what is the propaganda here? if you dont like the presidency been critized, the best thing is to avoid thread like this and move on.

That Fine Potbellied Black Boy in the centre needs more food...

funny!