the design and construction of new residences for the principal
officers of the National Assembly in 2014,
The amount is contained in the ministry's 2014 budget proposal which
also shows that despite Federal Government's promise of stable power
supply, the Presidency, ministries, departments and agencies of the
government planned to spend N836.6m on the fuelling of their
generators .
The budget proposal also revealed that the government had failed to
address the concern of the Chief Justice of Nigeria , Justice Mariam
Mukhtar, on the financing of the judiciary as the budgetary allocation
to the sector for 2014 is lower than that of 2013.
When completed, the residences of the National Assembly's principal
officers will be occupied by the Senate President, David Mark; his
deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu
Tambuwal, and the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha.
The new houses will be built within the Three Arms Zone, Central Area, Abuja.
The four lawmakers had rejected official houses built for them by
the FCTA at a cost of N3bn, citing insecurity and delay in the
provision of infrastructure.
Consequently, the construction of the houses by Julius Berger, at
the Maitama Extension, was discontinued.
The FCTA also budgetted N1bn for the construction of the
Vice-President's residence and another N1.5bn for the construction of
phase three of the National Assembly.
It plans to spend N300m on recreational facilities and N700m on the
settlement of outstanding rent for international organisations in
Abuja. The FCTA earmarked another N100m for the purchase of
undisclosed security equipment out of its total budget of N30.4bn.
The Ministry of Police Affairs also proposes to spend N391,829,200,
on research and development and N80m on computer software acquisition.
The Nigeria Police Force is to spend N219. 7m on the maintenance of
its offices and residential buildings.
The police total budget is N292,351,812,085.
The Force also proposes N310,553,170 for the purchase of vehicles in
2014. Air navigation equipment are billed to take N131,058,830 and
rehabilitation of police stations, office buildings and barracks ,
N735,878,855.
Maintenance of motor vehicles by the police will cost N463,935,012
while 'other maintenance services' are billed to gulp N238,861,716 .
Uniforms and clothings will cost N964,694,529.
The N836.6m proposed for the fuelling of generators is striking when
considered from the standpoint of government's promise that from the
first quarter of 2014, Nigerians will start reaping the fruits of the
privatisation of the power sector.
Specifically, President Goodluck Jonathan had while inaugurating the
Phase II 500 megawatt Omotosho National Integrated Power Project Plant
in Ondo State two months ago, promised a reasonable stable power
supply in the country by the middle of 2014.
He added that the Federal Government was targeting 4,700MW from 10
NIPPs, which he said would be completed before the end of the first
quarter of 2014.
According to him, the 10 NIPPS will be handed over to the private
sector next year after completion and inauguration.
But an analysis of the budget proposal showed that the Ministry of
Finance has the highest share of a projected expenditure of N76.5m on
fuelling generators while the police formation and command, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Health followed with N71.3m, N56.16m and
N47.62m respectively.
Presidency has a budget of N33.47m; Office of the Secretary to
Government of the Federation, N16.48m; Youth Development, N1.81m;
Police Affairs, N16.5m; Women Affairs, N901,452; Agriculture, N5.57m;
Water Resources, N16.45m; Auditor -General for the Federation N11.79m
and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission N29.05m.
Others ministries are Defence (Army, Airforce, Navy), N30m; Education,
N36.92m; Trade and Investment, N20.8m; Information, N13.85m;
Communication and Technology, N1.27m; and Interior, N20.75m.
Office of Head of Service has N40m; Justice, N28. 34m, Labour and
Productivity, N2.79m; Science and Technology, N3.51m; Works, N25.05m;
Lands and Housing, N45.55m; and Mines and Steel Development N6m.
The rest are Environment, N13.16m; Ministry of Tourism, Culture and
National Orientation, N2.637m; National Planning Commission, N21m;
National Sports Commission, N17.12m; Office of the National Security
Adviser, N8.78m; Niger Delta, N16.85m; Ministry of Special Duties,
N2.31m; Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, N15.45m; and
National Population Commission, N22.53m
Similarly, Code of conduct Bureau had a budget of N6.07m for generator
fuelling; Code of Conduct Tribunal N3.01m; Revenue Mobilisation,
Allocation and Fiscal Commission, N20.05m; Federal Civil Service
Commission, N18.8m; Police Service Commission, N4.39m; and Federal
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