2020 Budget: Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦149 Million On Feeding

2020 Budget Breakdown

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend a total of ₦149m on foodstuffs and catering in 2020.

The figure was obtained from the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill which Naija News recalls President Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday.

According to a breakdown of the figures, the President is expected to spend ₦98.3m on the item while ₦50.88m was budgeted for Osinbajo.

Apart from the ₦149m budgeted for foodstuffs and catering, the two leaders have also been allocated another ₦43.916m to cater for refreshment and meal.

The President was allocated ₦25.652m on the item while the Vice-President will spend ₦18.264m on the same item.

Similarly, another ₦135.668m has been budgeted for the same refreshment and meal in the budget of the State House Headquarters and Buhari and Osinbajo will spend ₦184.438m for honorarium and sitting allowance.

N164.176m was allocated to the President and ₦20.262m was allocated to the Vice-President.

A separate ₦478.313m was allocated to the same honorarium and sitting allowance in the budget of State House Headquarters.

Meanwhile, the organized labour on Thursday said it has a team in place with the mandate to study the 2020 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, adding that a report is expected from the committee tomorrow (Saturday).

President of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, told Punch that a statement would be released on the budget after the report is submitted on Saturday.

In his words, “We are not making a comment now because we have a team that is doing the analysis of the Federal Government budget which President Miuhammadu Buhari presented to the National Assembly. On Saturday, we will have the full report of the analysis, that is when we will make general comment on the budget.”