The Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications and one of its
affiliate parastatals, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat)
have voted the sum of N158.3 million for travels, fumigation, refreshment and
miscellaneous in the 2018 fiscal year, reports ITRealms.
This, ITRealms gathered was contained in the 2018 appropriation
bill submitted by the Federal Government to the National Assembly.
According to the reports by Vanguard, the Ministry and NigComsat have budgeted N48,334,551
for travels; N26,758,697 on fumigation; N42,672,391 on miscellaneous expenses; N8,911,615
on refreshment/meals and the sum of
N31,600,000 on electricity charges.
This amount, ITRealms also gathered, amounts to N14,290,188,
which is less than the N172,566,975 approved for the ministry and two agencies
only for travelling in the 2017 estimation.
The budget estimate which
allocated N11,716,581,495 for recurrent expenditure and N7,544,159,142
for capital projects, totaling N19.261 billion for the ministry and the two
parastatals in the year. This is N510,644,861 higher than the N18,750,951,876 allocated to the same
ministry in 2017.
For the ministry, the total allocation of N6,943,840,661
increased by N19,999,520 from N6,923,841,141 approved for 2017. Of the amount,
the sum of N5,544,159,142 is allocated for capital projects, which shows no difference
from the same amount allocated for capital projects in 2017, while N979,681,518 is earmarked for recurrent
expenditure, though N20,008,520 higher than N959,671,998 of 2017.
On the other hand, NigCOMSAT, also got an increased allocation of N4,169,826,133 in 2018 compared to N3,911,916,890 approved
in 2017. For the capital projects, there was no change from the sum of
N1,579,999,999 allocated in 2018 and for the recurrent expenditure, the sum of
N2,589,826,134 is allocated , representing N257,909,243 increase from
N2,331,916,891 approved in 2017.
On the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), though, there is no
capital project cited in the budget estimate, there is an increase of
N231,879,998 for the total of N8,147,073,843 from N7,915,193,845 approved by federal government in 2017, as the entire amount is allocated to recurrent
expenditure.
The ministry got a total of N19,260,749,637 allocation for
2018, about N510 million more than the N18,750,951,876 estimate for 2017.
However, the ministry allocated the sum of N968,786,908 for
research and development for the fiscal year.
*Nonye Dom with additional reports from Vanguard
Pix: Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications & Abimbola Alale, MD, NigComSAT
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