Jonathan warns as the budget comes under an increasingly intense media
scrutiny, President Jonathan has given up nearly half of the
presidency’s giant feeding bill of N1 billion, a proposal, two years
ago, that shocked Nigerians and stirred public anger.
The feeding
cost has been lowered by N494 million or 45.5 percent in the 2014
budget proposal sent to the National Assembly by the president. The
2014 request, if approved by lawmakers, will be the lowest amount of
naira spent by the State House on feeding and allied costs in two years.
In
the 2012 budget presented in late 2011 by the president, his office and
residence as well as those of Vice President Namadi Sambo were
allocated an obscene N993 million for refreshments, catering services
and purchase of kitchen equipment.
