Presidency, others to fuel cars, generators with N815.4m

The Federal Government has proposed the sum of
N815.4m in this year’s budget for the purchase of
fuel and lubricants for cars and generators for the
Presidency, Office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation and their parastatals.
The amount was contained in the 2015 budget
breakdown which was obtained by our
correspondent on Friday, in Abuja.
The 2015 proposal of N815.4m, for fuel and
lubricants is seven per cent or N61,984,177 lower
than the N877,472,369 approved in 2014.
Out of the N815.4m, the fiscal document shows
that a provision of N131, 911,315 was made for
fuel and lubricants for the State House in 2015.
The breakdown of the figure for state house shows
that plant/generator fuel will consume N35,
344,855; motor vehicle fuel, N85, 843,802; and
cooking gas/fuel, N10, 102,858; this year.
The State House received lesser provision of N122,
855,267 for fuel and lubricants in the 2014 fiscal
year.
This was broken down into motor vehicle fuel,
N79, 950,407; plants and generators, N33,
476,963, and cooking gas/fuel cost, N9, 427,898.
For the vice-president, the 2015 budget proposal
shows a provision of a total sum of N38,203,617
for the purchase of fuel and lubricants.
This is 7.14 per cent or N2,548,624 lower than the
2014 provision of N35,654,993.
A breakdown of the 2015 budget proposal of the
vice-president shows that fueling of motor vehicle
will consume the sum of N21,734,332, fueling of
plant and generator has a provision of
N12,734,332, while cooking gas/fuel is expected
to consume the sum of N3,820,453.
Other agencies under the presidency were also not
left out of the provision for fuel and lubricants.
They are the Office of the Senior Special Assistant
to the President-Millennium Development Goals
with N2,794,080; Nigeria Institute of Policy and
Strategic Studies,N13,000,000; Bureau for Public
Enterprises, N12,518,641; and the National
Emergency Management Agency with N13,964,000.
Others are the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission with a provision of N200,000,000;
Bureau of Public Procurement,
N17,179,301;Nigeria Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative, N3,469,326; Nigeria Atomic
Energy Commission, N3,000,000; and the Office of
the Chief Economic Adviser to the President,
N2,919,062.
For the Office of the Secretary of the Government of
the Federation, the budget breakdown shows that a
provision of N48,181,702 was made for 2015.
Just like the presidency, the agencies under the
office of the SGF also had similar provisions for
fuel and lubricants. They are National commission
for Refugees, N300,000; National Identity
Management Commission, N46,063,109;National
Merit Award, N7,504,843; Federal Road Safety
Commission, N190,630,492 and New partnership
for AfricanDevelopment, N10,773,600.
Others are National Action Committee on Aids,
N3,000,000; National Hajj Commission,
N11,131,012; Nigeria Christian Pilgrim
Commission, N21,190,650; National Lottery Trust
Fund, N2,400,000; National Lottery Regulatory
Commission, N10,000,000; and Servicom
N2,786,316.
The rest are Presidential Technical Committee on
Land Reforms, N11,560,000; National Boundary
Commission, N2,256,765; and Border Communities
Development Agencies N6,350,361
The 2015 budget has a N4.358trn expenditure
figure made up of N412bn for Statutory Transfers,
N943bn for Debt Service, N2.61trn for Recurrent
(Non-Debt) and N634bn for Capital Expenditure
(inclusive of SURE-P).
While the recurrent vote is 85.8 per cent of
aggregate budget, the capital expenditure is just
14.2 per cent of the aggregate spending (inclusive
of SURE-P).