Nigeria: 2023 Budget - How N1.55trn Allocated to Defence Ministry, Army, Navy, Airforce'll Be Spent - Govt

Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari has budgetted a sum of N1.55 trillion for the military in the 2023 budget.

A breakdown of the appropriation shows that N917.55billion will be expended on personnel costs; N78.53billion on overhead cost, while the sum of over N297 billion will be spent on capital projects.

For the Ministry of Defence, the sum of over N21billion is allocated with N6.23billion earmarked for personnel costs, N1.54billion allocated for overhead and N11.15billion allocated for capital expenditure.

The Defence headquarters is allocated N80.93billion, with N15.48billion earmarked for personnel costs, N2.15billion for overhead and N3.31billion for capital expenditure. The Nigerian Army is allocated the sum of N580billion, with personnel costs taking over N530billion; overhead N20.53billion; and captal expenditure, N29.87billion. The Nigerian Navy was allocated N113billion, with N108billion allocated for personnel costs, N14.24billion for overhead cost and N50.61billion for capital expenditure.

The Nigerian Airforce was allocated a total of N184.77billion, with personnel costs getting N103.78billion; overhead, N15.35billion; and capital expenditure, N65.64billion. The Nigerian Defence Academy is allocated the sum of N21.38billion, with personnel cost gulping N14.74billion; overhead, N3.30billion; and capital expenditure, N9.92billion.

The Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College, AFCSC, is allocated N9.92billion, with personnel costs getting N4.79billion; overhead cost, N3.67billion; and capital expenditure N1.45billion. The National Defence College was allocated N14.37billion, with personnel costs getting N4.44billion; overhead cost, N4.75billion; and capital expenditure, N5.17billion.

The Armed Forces Resslettlement Centre, Lagos is allocated N6.27billion, with personnel cost getting N3.93billion; overhead costs, N555.85million; and capital cost, N1.78billion.

The Defence Intelligence Agency was allocated N33.30billion, with personnel cost getting over N16billion; overhead cost, N5.30billion; and capital cost, N11.90billion. The Defence Industries Corporation, DICON, is allocated N3.55billion, with personnel cost getting N1.41billion; overhead cost, N161.92million; and capital expenditure, N1.78billion.

For Nigeria's Defence Missions abroad, the sum of N22.98billion was allocated, with personnel cost gulping N15.51billion; overhead cost, over N5billion; and capiral expenditure, N2.83billion.

This article originally appeared on Vanguard

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