President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and their advisors may spend N15.961 billion on domestic and international travel in 2024.
The National Assembly is presently debating the 2024 Appropriations Bill, which includes the figure.
According to NRTC, the country’s N27.5 trillion budget, dubbed the “Budget of Renewed Hope,” was presented to the National Assembly’s joint session last Wednesday.
The President would spend N638.535 million on domestic travel and N6.992 billion on international travel, according to the budget figures.
The Vice President will also spend N1. 847bn on international and local travels.
According to the budget proposal, he will spend N1. 229bn on foreign trips and another N 618.399m on local travels.
The Office of the Chief of Staff to the President will get an allocation of N21bn, a 97.5 per cent increase from the N517.95m allocated in the 2023 budget to the same office.
The document also revealed that the State House headquarters will get N40.61bn, State House Operations (President) N9.1bn, and State House Operations (Vice-President) N3.14bn.
Also, N260.5m was provided for the office of the Chief Security Officer to the President, the State House Medical Centre got N1.13bn while the State Lagos Liaison office got N632.4m.
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