2010 Budget: Villa votes N0.5bn for generator fuel – Daily Trust
November 25, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Four days after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan promised that no Nigerian will use power generators next year, the Presidency itself proposes to spend N542.4 million in the 2010 Federal budget to purchase and fuel power generating plants.
This much was contained in the N4.07 trillion 2010 budget bill that President Umaru Yar’adua’s Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba Aji, laid before the two chambers of National Assembly in Abuja yesterday. Speaking at the launching of the new Peugeot 307 Sedan in Kaduna last Friday, Jonathan responded to the complaints by Peugeot Automobile’s chairman about permanent dependence on generators by saying no Nigerian will depend on generators next year.
A copy of the draft budget bill obtained by Daily Trust however showed that President Yar’adua’s abode at the State House, Aso Rock Villa alone intends to spend N82m on the maintenance of plants and generators, an indication that the State House does not believe that power supply will be stable next year.
Another N100m is proposed in the budget for the provision of Uninterrupted Power Supply [UPS] machines at the Vice President’s official residence and new administrative block at the Presidential Villa to take care of incessant power cut. Apart from the Presidential Villa, the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and agencies under it have also been provided with another N310 million for the purchase of power generating plants and the cost of fuelling them.



Source website: Daily Trust

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