THE sum of N644.3 million is allocated to food and refreshment supplies in the State House for next year.
Also the sum of N76.6 million is earmarked for residential rent in the seat of power.
All these are contained in the 2022 Appropriation Bill of N16.39 trillion, which the President laid before the joint session of the National Assembly yesterday.
A breakdown of the budget revealed that N24.83 billion was allocated for the President’s State House operations and N1.18 billion for the Vice President.
The State House residential rent gulped N66.6 million last year.
The State House rent was a permanent feature in the yearly budgetary allocation during the previous administrations and the Buhari government has continued with the arrangement. This is despite the fact that the item has been tagged suspicious by many analysts and critics.
It was gathered that between 2015 and 2020 residential rent payment in Aso Rock gulped N400.1 million.
The State House headquarters got N135.66 million for refreshment and meals while N30.65 million and N20.26 million were earmarked for operations of the President and Vice President at the seat of power.
For the purchase of foodstuff and catering materials, the sum of N301.13 million is set aside for the President while the Vice President got N156.66 million.
Other expenses in the State House budget include N35.41 million for sewerages while N55.05million is earmarked for the rehabilitation and repairs of the residential buildings.
The sum of N5.17 billion is budgeted for rehabilitation and repairs of office buildings.
