Sports ministry to reportedly spend a mere ₦1.4billion on refreshment, others in 2023.

Sports ministry to reportedly spend a mere ₦1.4billion on refreshment, others in 2023.

A whopping ₦1.4billion has been embarked for refreshment/meals, settlement of honorarium, among others in 2023 by the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports Development.

Leadership reports that the said sum is part of the ₦193 billion allocated to the Ministry from the ₦21.83 trillion appropriation act passed by the National Assembly & signed by President Buhari recently.

The breakdown of the amount showed that the sum of ₦26,156,222 million was allocated to refreshment/meal, while ₦140,668,563 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 ₦8.906 billion. The document further explained that while the total personnel cost stood at ₦2.008 billion, total overhead ₦2.232 billion, the total capital ₦4.664billion, amounting to the ₦8.906 billion total allocation for the ministry.