The Presidential Villa plans to spend N14.8bn on Internet access, stationery, and telephone charges, among others, under the Federal Government’s planned expenditure captured in the 2023 budget.
In the budget, N67.1m was budgeted for Internet access to the Villa, while stationery and computer consumables would be N79m.
A further breakdown of the budget also showed that N35.9m was allocated for electricity charges, telephone charges and water rates each got N306.2m, N6m, and N40.6m respectively.
Out of the total budget for the Villa, N1.6bn would be spent on personnel costs.
Meanwhile, the sum of N35m was budgeted for books and newspapers, with newspapers alone taking N26.4m and books gulping N8.5m.