Thank you for taking time to reply. Having discussed the issue with my wife(thank God for her life) she also suggested that I should not use the extra for personal purchase.

Once again, thank you

Please, your truthful and unbiased advice is urgently needed on the issue below:

I was privileged to win a proposal for a project. In the budget I submitted to purchase some equipment, I stated some amount, which was correct, even though I got that estimate online. Now, after the approval of the budget, all effort to get the equipment or a comparable one (the one with the same configuration or price) has proved abortive. The ones I got are far beyond budget.

Now, the one someone is offering me now is N400, 000 (four hundred thousand naira) less than my budget and whatever money that's is not spent must be returned. In the proposal, there's no room for any personal emoluments or compensation.

Question: Will it be right for me to include some items under this purchase to be covered by the extra money left (about half)?

The second question is :supposing I have the options of traveling and even sleeping over to do my purchase or sending the item but paying for the transport, will it be proper to take the extra money I would have spent going myself, feeding and probably sleeping over in hotel?

Your candid and godly advice will be highly appreciated. Please no room for abuse, if you don't have anything to say, it is not compulsory to type, besides am only asking for advice and not as if I have spent the money.

Thanks