Phone Calls:Akeredolu to spend ₦13m, ₦500m For Hosting Guests in 2019

A total of N13 million was budgeted for telephone

calls in the office of Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of
Ondo state, in 2019.

The office of Agbola Ajayi, Akeredolu’s deputy got
N5 million, still for telephone calls while N2 million
was set aside for telephone calls in the office of the
senior special assistants to the governor.

This provision was made in the budget passed by
the Ondo house of assembly in January but made
public last week.

In a copy of the budget seen by TheCable, N1.066
billion was provided for gift items during festivals
and children’s party as well as hosting of state
guests during special events in the office of the
governor.

The amount also covers donations to unspecified
beneficiaries. N50 million was provided for
donations in Ajayi’s office.

The breakdown, which was published under special
programmes in the 2019 estimates, has N500 million
earmarked for “hosting of state guests during
special events”.

Also a total of N336 million was also budgeted to
cater for gift items during festivities and children
parties, just as N230 million was set aside for
donations.


The governor’s office also has N107 million on local
travel and transport; N2 million on electricity and
N25 million for office stationery and computer
consumables.

Also to be spent is N13 million for printing of
security documents, N53 million for maintenance of
motor vehicle and transport equipment, N12 million
for maintenance of office furniture, N19 million for
local training, N150 million for refreshment and
meals and N26 million for welfare package.

When he presented the bill to the lawmakers in
December, Akeredolu had said the main objective of
the budget was to advance the state to the “next
level” through completion of ongoing projects.