Budget 2019: Buhari, Osinbajo to spend N2.34bn

* President gets N235.8m for refreshment, others

• VP to spend N50.8m on foodstuffs

President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, would cumulatively spend N2,344,006,774 on sundry items as captured in the 2019 Appropriation Bill recently presented to the National Assembly.
The sum of N1,752,129,167 has been earmarked as expenditure items for the Office of the President (State House Operations) in the budget.

A breakdown of expenditure showed that the sum of N416.6 million was earmarked for office of president as capital expenditure while a provision of N1.3 billion was for other recurrent cost. Travels and transportation (general) was estimated to cost N1 billion while publicity and ad vertisements, would gulp N41.2 million.

Similarly, the sum of N235.8 million has been allocated to the office of the President for miscellaneous expenditure. The amount covers refreshment and meal N25.6 million; honorarium and sitting allowance N164.1 million; postages and courier services N4.7 million.
According to a document obtained by New Telegraph, the Office of the Vice- President was allocated the sum of N591,877,607 for expenditure.

Some of the line items include overhead cost N448.6 million; travels and transport N301 million; foodstuff and catering materials supplies N50,888,218; cooking gas and fuel cost N2.3 million; refreshing and meals N18.2 million; publicity and advertisements N13.8 million and sporting activities N5.4 million.

In the same vein, the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President was allocated N27.5 million. Under recurrent expenditure costs, the sum of N20.3 million was earmarked. Refreshment and meals will gulp N4.5 million, honorarium and sitting allowance N13.5 million, purchase of computers N2.1 million and purchase of photocopying machines N2.6 million.

In same vein, office of the Chief Security Officer to the president has N580 million budgeted for his office in 2019.

A breakdown of expenditure item line showed that training (general) is to gulp N4.3 million; refreshment and meal N4.1 million; purchase of motor vehicles N456.2 million and purchase of security equipment allocated N11.4 million.
The State House (Lagos liaison office) has been allocated the sum of N223.1 million for expenditure.

Under the recurrent costs sub-head of N95.2 million, travels and tours (general), N2.2 million; utilities (general) N42.6 million; cleaning and fumigation services, N2.7 million; and erosion and flood control, N25.1 million.
Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs has a budgetary allocation of N169.9 million to spend in 2019. Other line items under MDGs office are: recurrent costs N111.7 million; travels and tours N18.6 million; office stationeries and computer consumables N6.4 million, and welfare package N7.9 million.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has a total allocation of N1.9 billion as its expenditure in 2019. Of the sum, personnel cost is to gulp N1.5 billion, salary N910.4 million, allowances and social contribution N602 million, N67.4 million voted for contributory pension (employers’ contribution).

The BPE would also expend N26.3 million on local travels and training; electricity charges N27.1 million, utilities (general) which involves electricity charges, telephone charges, water rates and sewage charges totalling N31.3 million.
The National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) located in Kuru, Plateau State has expenditure allocation of N1.7 billion in 2019. Of the sum, N614.8 million is personnel cost, salary N541.2 million; allowance and social contribution N73.4 million; local training N30 million and food stuff and catering materials supplies N60.8 million, amongst other provisions.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is allocated N1.4 billion in the new budget proposal. Of the amount, the sum of N847.5 million is earmarked for personnel cost, salary N754.6 million, allowances and social contribution N92.9 million; utilities (general) N40.2 million; maintenance services which include motor vehicles, maintenance of office furniture N11.6 million; consulting and professional services N568,204, among other provisions.

In the budget, the sum of N80 million was earmarked each for completion of NEMA South-West zonal office building in Lagos and Enugu building. Another N90 million, N80 million and N114.8 million were earmarked for ongoing projects: construction of Kaduna office, remodelling of NEMA South-South zonal office and the agency’s mission control centre.

Similarly, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has N22,070,514,435 as its expenditure for 2019.

The breakdown are: personnel cost N14.4 billion, salary N9.1 billion, allowance and social contribution N5.3 billion, travels and transport (general) N800.2 million, among others.

The anti-graft agency is to spend N469,153,107 to procure operational vehicles, N648.6 million on office furniture and fittings at its Abuja new head office, another N65.4 million to purchase office furniture and fittings for Abuja and other zonal offices, among others.
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) was allocated N740.8 million in 2019. The funds are to be expended as follows: Other recurrent costs N600 million, travels and transport (general) N100 million, among others.

For Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), the agency got N1.6 billion in 2019. The sum of N461.4 million for personnel cost, salary N411.3 million, allowance and social contribution N50,036,651; travel and transport (general) N142.5 million, materials and supplies( general) N67.7 million; maintenance services (general) N48.6 million.