A new report revealing that The Federal Government of Nigeria spent an estimated 701 million on sponsoring foreign trips embarked by the First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, over a period of three months. According to the report which has generated outrage amongst Nigerians, GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses Federal Government’s spending, shows that the government paid out the sum of N700,707,532 over three months(January to March) for the First Lady’s foreign trips to five countries, including two African nations.
The expenditure which was publicly revealed by The Punch, gave a breakdown of the First lady's expense on international trips as follows: On November 17, 2023, the government, through the State House headquarters transit account, released the sum of N77,659,888 for the purchase of foreign exchange ($94,314) for Mrs Tinubu's trip to The United States. On February 24, 2024, the government, through the State House headquarters transit account, paid the sum of ₦149,794,284 for the purchase of foreign exchange ($152,831) for the First Lady’s trip to France on January 4, 2024.
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On March 15, 2024, the sum of ₦202,386,198 was also paid by the government through the State House account for the purchase of foreign exchange ($126,834) for the First Lady’s trip to Mozambique that month. On the same day, the government paid ₦144,571,785 for the purchase of foreign exchange ($96,118) for the First Lady’s trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 9, 2024. The government, through the same State House account, paid out the sum of ₦126,295,377 for the purchase of foreign exchange ($83,967) for the First Lady’s trip to London that month. In addition to the allotted 701 million naira for The First Lady's trips, the Federal Government spent a total of ₦314,231,472 in sponsoring six programmes initiated by Mrs Tinubu.
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