Tijjani Umar, permanent secretary, state house, yesterday, defended the 2023 budget proposal of N21.1 billion before the house of representatives committee on special duties.
According to a statement issued by Abiodun Oladunjoye, director of information, state house, the permanent secretary was accompanied by top management staff of the presidential villa.
Umar said the proposed budget is aimed at completing ongoing projects which could not be completed with the level of budgeted funds in the 2022 budget.
He said the projects include phased replacement of vehicles, villa telecommunication infrastructure, routine maintenance of the presidential villa facilities, remodelling and upgrade of the state house mini zoo.
The permanent secretary also disclosed that the 2023 budget proposal of N21.1 billion is comparatively lower than the 2022 appropriation of N40.1 billion by N19.01 billion.
He explained that the significant decrease was mainly in the capital expenditure and is due to the expected completion and commissioning of the presidential VIP wing of the state house medical centre, as well as a marginal decrease in the personnel cost as a result of the anticipated retirement of 40 state house staff in 2023.
Speaking on the 2022 budget performance, Umar said the state house appropriation for overhead was N7.7 billion out of which the sum of N4.5 billion representing 58.3 percent has been released between January and July 2022
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