Local NewsBuhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦3.4 Billion On Feeding, Travels in 2021 Local News Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦3.4 Billion On Feeding, Travels in 2021 By Popoola Sulaimon January 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦3.4 Billion On Feeding, Travels in 2021President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spend N3.4 billion on feeding and travel expenses. While Mr Buhari approved about N2.6 billion of the amount for his office, about N873 million was earmarked for Mr Osinbajo’s office. As in the last five years, travel expenses will take the largest chunk of these expenses, details of the approved budget for the year reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES show.The same amount was approved for the offices of the first two citizens of the country in 2020. Both offices received less but still significantly high allocations in the four preceding years. Travels and feeding gulped N1.5 billion in 2019; N1.52 billion in 2018; in 2017, N1.45 billion; and N1.43 billion in 2016. Presidential travels will gulp N2.4 billion: N775.6 million for local trips and N1.7 billion for international journeys. On the other hand, Mr Osinbajo will spend N801 million on his travels for the year – N284 million locally and N517.1 million outside the shores of the country.Meanwhile, the meal bill for the offices of President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo has been pegged at N195.5 million.The first family will spend N124 million.This is the same amount that was approved for the president in each of the last three years. In 2017, N115 million was spent on feeding, while in 2016 N103 million was spent for the same purpose, analysis of the budget for the last five years shows. Of the N124 million approved for this year, foodstuff and catering materials supplies will gulp N98.3 million, while refreshment and meals will take N25.7 million.The second family also retained what it spent on feeding in each of the last three years – N71.5 million – this year. This is decrease from the N88.9 million spent in 2018, but an increase from the meal bills in 2017, N53.7 million, and N24 million in 2016. Foodstuff and catering materials supplies will account for N50.9 million; refreshment and meals, N18.3 million; and cooking gas and fuel, N2.4 million. Credit: PressExpress Share this:FacebookX Related - Advertisement - More From PurpleWorld News Microsoft to Close Nigerian Office, Endangering 200 Local Jobs Popoola Sulaimon - May 7, 2024 In a development that may deal a severe blow... Business CBN Imposes Tight Deadline for PoS Operators Popoola Sulaimon - May 7, 2024 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a... News Company Allegedly Files Suit Against Employees for Stealing Two Loaves of Bread Popoola Sulaimon - May 7, 2024 A shopping center in Ibadan, Oyo state, has allegedly ... News CBN Imposes 0.005% Cybersecurity Levy on Electronic Transactions Popoola Sulaimon - May 7, 2024 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered financial... Insecurity Terror Strikes Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway: Seven Kidnapped, One Feared Dead in Gunmen Attack Popoola Sulaimon - May 6, 2024 A group of travelers passing through the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode... News Lekki Buildings Unapproved: Lagos State Government Reveals 80% of Lekki Structures Lack Permits Popoola Sulaimon - May 6, 2024 Dr Oluyinka Olumide, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and... News Peaceful Protest Turned Violent: Delta State Women Shot by Police While Protesting Against Extortion Popoola Sulaimon - May 6, 2024 On Monday, May 6, 2024, the Ughelli Area Command... Education Two Individuals Arrested in Connection with the Suspicious Death of Delta State University Student, Faith Omodon Popoola Sulaimon - May 6, 2024 Faith Omodon, a second-year undergraduate student at Delta State... Insecurity Bandits Lure Nigerian Youths into Crime with as Little as N500, Says Katsina Governor Popoola Sulaimon - May 5, 2024 The Governor of Katsina State said bandits have... - Advertisement -