2019 Budget Details: See Amount Buhari Set To Spend On Foreign Trips, Others

The recently signed 2019 budget shows that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to spend ₦1. 001 billion on trips this year.

Naija News recalls that President Buhari signed the 2019 Appropriation Bill into law early this week.

Details show the president will spend ₦751.296 million on foreign trips while ₦250. 021 million will be spent on trips in Nigeria.

Also, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will also spend ₦217.060 million on foreign travels and another ₦83. 74 million on local travels.

According to the signed 2019 budget, ₦3.822 billion was set aside for annual routine maintenance of mechanical/electrical installations in the Villa.

While ₦576. 747 million was set aside for the phased replacement of vehicles, spares and tyres in the presidential CVU, security/police escort and State House operational fleet.

Buhari would spend ₦164. 176 million on honorarium and sitting allowance, and ₦25 .652 million on meals and refreshments.

The Chief Security Officer to Buhari got the sum of N 433.457 million for the purchase of security and operational vehicles.

N395. 834 million was set aside for the Presidential Wing of the State House Clinic, while ₦395. 834 million would be spent on the construction of office buildings.

While the State House Medical Centre was allocated a total of ₦798.856 million, with drugs and medicals supplies taking ₦208. 350 million and N 244.364 million earmarked for the purchase of health and medical equipment.

Also, the Conversion/upgrade of Villa Ranch and construction of wildlife conservation capture would take ₦27. 463 million; while rehabilitation of animal enclosure/procurement of Vet Lab equipment was allocated a separate ₦11. 865 million.

The Office of the President gets ₦8,580,741 for the purchase of books in the 2019 fiscal year.

While ₦26, 432, 346 was provided in the budget for the purchase of newspapers, while ₦3, 511,909 was set aside for magazines and periodicals.