The housing allowances for the newly appointed ministers may cost the country about N343.25m yearly, according to findings from The PUNCH.
With that annual allocation, in four years, the Federal Government will spend N1.37bn on the 45 ministers-designate’s accommodation.
The allowances are based on data collated from a document obtained from the website of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.
It covers allowances for accommodation (200 per cent of basic salary), domestic staff (75 per cent of basic salary), utilities (30 per cent of basic salary), and furniture (300 per cent of basic salary).
Unlike other allowances paid monthly, furniture allowance is usually paid once in four years.
The President, Bola Tinubu, recently unveiled the portfolios of his ministers.
In the list obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, it was noted that the names of a former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, a former National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Stella Okotete, and a ministerial nominee from Taraba State, Danladi Abubakar were missing.
Earlier, the Senate had withheld the confirmation of the three owing to security checks.
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