Tinubu, Shettima to Spend Over N15bn on Local, Int'l Trips in 2024
- President and Vice President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima will be spending over N15 billion for local and international trip
- This was disclosed in the N27.5 trillion appropriation bill the president presented to the joint national assembly on Wednesday
- President Tinubu, while presenting the bill before the lawmaker, said it was christened budget of renewed hope
FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and their aides have budgeted N15.961 billion for their local and international trips in the 2024 budget.
According to The Punch, this was disclosed in the 2024 appropriation bill that was being reviewed by the national assembly.
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Last Wednesday, November 29, President Tinubu presented an N27.5 trillion budget titled "Budget of Renewed Hope" to the joint national assembly.
Analysis of the details of the budget showed that President Tinubu will spend N6.992bn on foreign trips and N638.535m on local travels.
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How much will Shettima spend on international trips in 2024?
Similarly, Vice President Shettima would spend a total of N1.847 billion on international and local travel.
According to the budget proposal, he will spend N1.229 billion on foreign trips and N 618. 399 million on local trips.
Another N6.484 billion was provided for Villa Headquarters international and local travels.
It consisted of N 6.282 billion for international travels, N60. 981 million for local travels for training and N140.640 million for local travels.
Budget for presidential villa
The Villa Headquarters was allocated N40.616 billion in the 2024 federal budget, with a capital vote of N12.497 billion, overhead N10.334 billion, while Personnel receiving N163 billion.
Routine maintenance of mechanical, electrical installations N9bn
Annual routine maintenance of mechanical and electrical installations in the Villa was allocated N9 billion, while another N4.5 billion was set aside for Julius Berger liabilities on routine maintenance for 2022/2023 and work as directed 2022-2023 inclusive of Kaduna work.”
"Obi danced naked in the public square": Shettima alleges
Legit.ng earlier reported that Shettima, the vice president of Nigeria, has knocked opposition leader Peter Obi of the Labour Party over the proposed N15.5 billion budget for the renovation of the VP’s residence.
The FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, made the proposal to complete the residence of the vice president, a project said to have been started by the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.
Obi, in his criticism, has described the project as a waste of resources in the current harsh economy of the country while alleging that over 1400 delegates were sponsored to Dubai.
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