Presidency to spend N654.02m on generators
The Presidency is to spend the sum of N654.02 million on generators in 2013.
The money covers the cost of maintenance of plants and generators as well as the cost of fuelling them.
The money also covers the amount set aside to replace some generators in the institutions under the
Presidency.
In 2012, the Federal Government
including the presidency, ministries, departments and agencies proposed
to spend more than N1.31bn in fuelling generators.
The budget for fuelling generators for the entire government in 2013 could not be determined as at press time.
Similarly, the presidency will spend N3.78bn on trips overseas in the 2013 financial year.
Budget details reveal that the State
House Quarters has a provision of N60,664, 571 and N72,510,832 for
‘maintenance of plants/generators’ and ‘plant and generator fuel cost.’
Also, the proposed budget provides for
N26, 639,586 for generator maintenance and N49, 108,333 as fuel cost for
power generators.
A budgetary provision is also made for
the purchase of a generating set at the sum of N60m and another N60m for
what was described as “on-going projects.”
The budget also provides N34, 024,985, for generator maintenance and N23.402, 499 as cost of fuel next year.
Also, the BPE is to spend N12m and N2, 576,794m on fueling of generators and their maintenance respectively.
Among the organisations under the
Presidency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the
National Identity Management Commission have the highest allocation for
power provision through generators.
While the anti-graft agency budgeted
N74, 341,739 for fuelling and N8, 629,595 for maintenance, NIMC has a
proposal of N60, 652,526 for fuel supply and N30, 396,182 for
maintenance.
Another agency under the Presidency, the
Bureau for Public Procurement has a proposal of N4.2 million for
generator maintenance and N1.4 million for fuelling them.
The National Emergency Management Agency
will get N11m for power and maintaining generators out of which N7m is
pencilled down for maintenance and N4m for fuelling.
Other agencies such as the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos budgeted N2m for
maintenance of generators, the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency
Initiative has N1,27m for plant maintenance and N860,677 as cost of
fuel, the National Boundary Commission, N1.69m and N773.217 for plant
maintenance and fuel cost.
Also, N1.1m is proposed for fuelling
generators in the office of the Special Adviser to the President on MDG,
and N5 million as generator maintenance cost in Nigeria Atomic Energy
Commission, which also proposes N2.5m as cost of fuelling.
Foreign travel by the Presidency, on the other hand, is to cost N3.78bn in 2013.
The estimates reveal that the State
House, office of the Vice-President as well as some agencies under the
presidency are proposing to spend this amount.
This amount excludes what is being proposed for spending for the same purpose locally.
According to the budget, the amount will be spent on “International Travel and Transport: Training & others.”
The State House Quarters proposes to spend N149.9m on international travel and transport: Training.
Under the sub-head ‘International Travel and Transport: Others’ it is also to spend N1.2bn.
Under the sub-head, “Presidency State
House, International Travel and Transport: Training and others,” the sum
of N118m and N902.4m is proposed for spending.
The office of the Vice President has a budget of N419m under the same sub-head.
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