President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will spend N9.36 billion on local and foreign travels as well as refreshments in the coming year.
This is contained in the details of the 2025 Appropriation Bill released by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
The president had, on Wednesday, present the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget proposals to a joint session of the National Assembly.
The fiscal document is christened: ‘Restoration Budget, Securing peace and building prosperity.’
According to the budget proposal, Tinubu will spend N7.44 billion on travels and refreshments; while Shettima will spend N1.9 billion for same.
The president’s international travels in 2025 will gulp N6.14 billion; and his local trips, N873.9 million.
Also, the sum of N431.6 million was earmarked for Tinubu’s refreshments and meals as well as foodstuffs and catering supplies.
The vice president’s international travels in 2025 will gulp N1.31 billion; and local trips, N417.5 million.
Refreshments and meals as well as foodstuff and catering supplies for the vice president will gulp N186.02 million.
In 2024, President Tinubu, Vice President Shettima, and First Lady Remi Tinubu spent not less than N5.24 billion on local and foreign travel between January and March 2024, according to an analysis of the travel expenses using GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal Government’s spending.
