The Permanent Secretary in the State House Jalal Arabi disclosed this while hosting members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs who were on an oversight function at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The committee was led by its chairman, Senator Tijani Kaura.
Arabi said that out of a total allocation of N3.84 billion for the recurrent expenditure in 2016, the State House has received N2.71 billion to date, representing 70.69 per cent.
On the capital budget with a total appropriation of N10.94 billion, the Permanent Secretary said that N3.06 billion has been released to date, amounting to 27.9 per cent of the capital appropriation for 2016. He said a total of N2.53 billion has so far been expended on projects for which funds were released.
Budget Word CloudHe said: ‘‘Suffice it to note that all the amounts released are project-tied so they were judiciously applied to those projects.
‘‘We are still expecting additional releases before the end of the year to enable us to pay contractors that have executed jobs awarded to them,’’ he added.
He also said that irregular and delayed releases have adversely affected the travel arrangements of the President and the Vice President.
He said that the settlement of staff claims arising from official assignments have also been affected by the irregular releases.
