State House Budgets N9.5bn for Suvs, Car Tyres, Others

The State House has set aside N9.5 billion for the building of an office complex for Senior Special Assistants and Special Advisers, as well as the acquisition of tires for bulletproof cars, sport utility vehicles, operational cars, and regular cars.

N2 billion of the total was set aside for the replacement of SUVs, N4 billion for the purchase of State House vehicles, N351 million for the purchase of tires for ordinary cars, jeeps, ambulances, and bulletproof vehicles, and N3.5 billion for the building of an office complex for SAs and SSAs.

The 2024 Appropriations Bill, which was made public on Wednesday by the Federation’s Budget Office, contains the information.

According to The PUNCH, President Bola Tinubu delivered the budget to a joint meeting of the National Assembly on November 29.

Gistlover says that in light of the hardships that Nigerians are currently going through as a result of the elimination of gasoline subsidies, the Tinubu-led administration has continued to come under fire for what analysts have called “frivolous spending” by the political class.

As previously reported by Gistlover N15.961 billion has been set aside in the proposed 2024 Appropriations Bill, which is now being reviewed by the National Assembly, for Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and their aides’ domestic and international travel expenditures.

The entirety of Tinubu’s N7.630 billion travel budget—N6.992 billion for international travel and N638.535 million for domestic travel—is allocated for overseas travel.

The planned N1.847 billion travel budget for Shettima is divided into N1.229 billion for international travel and N618.399 million for domestic travel.