Sports ministry to reportedly spend ‘just’ N1.4billion on refreshment, others in 2023

A large amount of N1.4billion has been allocated for refreshment/meals, settlement of honorarium, among others in 2023 by the Federal Ministry of Youth &  Development via the sports minister.

According to reports, the sum is part of the N193 billion allocated to the Ministry from the N21.83 trillion appropriation act passed by the National Assembly & signed by President Buhari recently

The breakdown of the amount showed that the sum of N26,156,222 million was allocated to refreshment/meal, while N140,668,563 million would be spent on welfare packages

According to the documents sourced from the Budget Office of the Federation the allocation for the ministry excluding the 4 agencies under its control stood at N8.906 billion.

The document further explained that while the total personnel cost stood at N2.008 billion, total overhead N2.232 billion, the total capital N4.664billion, amounting to the N8.906 billion total allocation for the ministry