In a report released by Sahara Reporters, here is what President Buhari and his team spend on their travels:
A normal two-day long Buhari trip reportedly rates between $350K and $500K. For example, during the last presidential trip to Tehran, the capital of Iran, the travel expenses for accompanying presidency officials was $105K. Transportation budgets stood at $45K, accommodation $200K, allowance $10K, contingency $20K, with media coverage costs at $10K.
The estimate for the ongoing trip to France of the travel expenses for accompanying presidency officials is $130K, transportation $55K, accommodation $270K, honorarium $10K, contingency $20K and media coverage $10K. The total cost for the visit is $495K.
President Buhari is scheduled to visit South Africa immediately after returning from Paris.
Consequently the cost of the next trip of the president is as follows: travel expenses for accompanying presidency officials $110K, transportation $35K, accommodation $220K, honorarium $10K, contingency $20K, and media coverage $10K, for a total of $405K.
The costs mentioned above cover only personnel from Aso Rock villa, aides, protocol officers, members of the press, security personnel, a cook, a luggage officer and a steward.
The investigation did not disclose what Buhari gets per night, as this information is handled independently and secretly. Moreover, the minister of foreign affairs and five members of his team who typically escort the Nigerian president are not included in the costs as they are paid from the ministry’s budget.
At the same time the sums for honorarium ($10K), contingency ($20K) and media coverage ($10K) are fixed for all trips.
The State House chief of protocol receives honorarium and contingency while Femi Adesina, the presidential media aide, receives $10K for “media coverage.”
President Buhari has so far visited Germany, South Africa, the USA, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, Ghana, South Africa, India, Iran and Malta and currently he is in France.
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