With the galloping price of foods and ravaging poverty in the land, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend a total of N149m on food in 2020.

The figure which is contained in the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill that Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday also stated that both men will spend a total of N3.327bn on foreign and local trips same year.



The item was tagged Travel and Transport (General) under State House (President) and State House (Vice-President).

In the 2019 Budget, a total of N1.3bn was allocated for the foreign and local trips of the President and the Vice-President. While N1bn was allocated to the President, N301.03m was allocated to the Vice-President.

A breakdown of the N3.327bn allocated to travels for the two officials in 2020 shows that Buhari will spend N2.526bn on his trips while Osinbajo will spend N801m on his trips.

A further breakdown shows that Buhari’s foreign trips will gulp N1.751bn while N775.6m will be spent on his local trips for the year.

In the case of Osinbajo, his foreign trips will cost the nation N517m while his local trips will cost N283.97m.

The figures are outside the N182.25m allocated for travel and transport in the budget of the State House Headquarters.

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 N98.3m on the item, N50.88m was budgeted for Osinbajo.

Apart from the N149m foodstuffs and catering material supplies bill, the two government officials will also spend N43.916m on refreshment and meal, as the President will spend N25.652m on the item while the Vice-President will spend N18.264m on the same item.



According to the budget, this is apart from the N135.668m 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 N184.438m.

While N164.176m was allocated to the President, N20.262m was allocated to the Vice-President, just as N478.313m was allocated to the same honorarium and sitting allowance in the budget of State House Headquarters.

Still, under the budget of the State House headquarters, a whopping N4.062bn was allocated to what was tagged “annual routine maintenance of mechanical/electrical installations of the villa.” The project is said to be an ongoing one.

N526.234m was also allocated to what is called “phased replacement of vehicles, spares, and tyres in the presidential, CVU security/police escort and State House operational fleets.” The project is also described as an ongoing project.

Apart from these, N389.64m was also budgeted for “outstanding liabilities on routine maintenance and other services for 2016,” while N91.681m will also be spent on “purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, plain Toyota cars, CCU vehicles, platform trucks, Land Cruiser and Prado Jeeps, Hilux, Peugeot 607, ambulances and other utility and operational vehicles.”

N32.199m is budgeted for fuel and lubricants (general); N32.5m for wildlife conservation; and N45.4m for sewage charges.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has concluded the second reading of the 2020 Appropriation Bill on Thursday and adjourned plenary till October 29, 2019.

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