Prewident Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians over leaked documents showing that he approved a whopping N422,820,000 for his hotel reservation in New York during the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held between September 18 and 22.
The leaked document also showed that Tinubu spent additional N84,564,000 on incidents to cover meals, taxis, and other expenses.
The total amount Tinubu and his close aides spent amounted to over N507,384,000.
This dis not include the expenses that the ministers, state governors, and MDA heads incurred under the provisions of their respective state governments and ministries.
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Documents showing accommodation expenses of President Tinubu and close Aides.
This revelation is coming on the backdrop of calls by the Nigerian government for citizens to make sacrifices in the wake of the removal of
fuel subsidies by the federal government, which has led to an exponential increase in the prices of food items and other consumables, which has caused untold hardship to millions of Nigerians.
It is being questioned why the President failed to save the country this humongous amount of money by staying at the Nigerian House in New York, where taxpayers’ money is budgeted annually for maintenance instead of staying in an expensive hotel in New York.
