by Anike Jacobs
We bet you never fathomed that the electricity supply in the Aso Rock is as poor as that of the average Nigerian home.
The Federal Government has proposed the sum of N815.4m in 2015 budget breakdown for the purchase of fuel and lubricants for cars and generators for the Presidency, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and their parastatals.
The 2015 proposal of N815.4m, for fuel and lubricants is seven per cent (N61,984,177) lower than the N877,472,369 approved in 2014.
Out of the N815.4m, the fiscal document shows that a provision of N131, 911,315 was made for fuel and lubricants for the State House in 2015.
The breakdown of the figure for state house shows that plant/generator fuel will consume N35, 344,855; motor vehicle fuel, N85, 843,802; and cooking gas/fuel, N10, 102,858; this year.
The State House received lesser provision of N122, 855,267 for fuel and lubricants in the 2014 fiscal year.
This was broken down into motor vehicle fuel, N79, 950,407; plants and generators, N33, 476,963, and cooking gas/fuel cost, N9, 427,898.
For the vice-president, the 2015 budget proposal shows a provision of a total sum of N38,203,617 for the purchase of fuel and lubricants.
This is 7.14 per cent or N2,548,624 lower than the 2014 provision of N35,654,993.
A breakdown of the 2015 budget proposal of the vice-president shows that fueling of motor vehicle will consume the sum of N21,734,332, fueling of plant and generator has a provision of N12,734,332, while cooking gas/fuel is expected to consume the sum of N3,820,453.
Other government agencies under the presidency were also not left out of the provision for fuel and lubricants.
