Approximately 30 governors in Nigeria spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenses between January and March 2024. Recurrent expenses in the first quarter of 2024 included refreshments, travelling, sitting allowances, utility bills, and others.
According to The Punch, the budget implementation of states’ reports obtained from the Open Nigerian States was analysed. BudgIT supported the website, which acts as a repository for public budget data.
The reports analysed the budget implementation of data for the first three months of the year in 30 states, while data for six states were not available. Below are the states and their governors:
Abia state, under Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party, has spent N10.92bn on its recurrent expenditure within three months in 2024.
The recurrent expenditure included refreshments and feeding (N165.38m), utilities (N39.26m), sitting allowances (N214.57m), and local and foreign trips (N127.1m), among other miscellaneous
Under Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s watch, Adamawa state spent N23.7bn on recurrent expenditures between January and March 2024.
The expenditure covered refreshment and feeding (N287.61m), utilities (N109.62m), sitting allowance (N79.57m), and foreign and local trips (N768.77m).
Under Governor Ume Eno, oil-rich Akwa Ibom spent N46.85 bn on recurrent expenditures in the first three months of 2024.
This included sitting allowances (N6m), refreshment and feeding (N223.32m), foreign and local trips (N214.61m) and utilities (N223.32m).
Anambra, the only state controlled by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) under Governor Charles Soludo, has spent N9.91bn for its recurrent expenditure in the first quarter of 2024.
Data shows that Governor Soludo has spent N42.09m on sitting allowances, N78.18m on refreshments, N188.39m on local and foreign travel, and N32.52m on utilities.
Data shows Bauchi state’s recurrent expenditures under Governor Bala Muhammed in the first quarter of 2024 were N35.75bn.
The breakdown shows that utility expenditures totalled N397.58m, N50.8m was spent on refreshments, allowances cost the state N287.11m, and foreign and local trips garnered N413.56m.
Other 25 states are listed below:
S/N
Governor’s name
State
Recurrent Expenditure
1
Douye Diri
Bayelsa
N35.1bn
2
Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Lagos
N189.62bn
3
Babagana Zulum
Borno
N18.79bn
4
Bassey Otu
Cross Rivers
N17.44bn
5
Oborevwori Sheriff
Delta
N68.68bn
6
Francis Nwifuru
Ebonyi
N14.95bn
7
Godwin Obaseki
Edo
N32.32bn
8
Biodun Oyebanji
Ekiti
N32.8bn
9
Peter Mbah
Enugu
N7.51bn
10
Muhammad Inuwa
Gombe
N20.89bn
11
Umar Namadi
Jigawa
N15.52bn
12
Uba Sani
Kaduna
N34.69bn
13
Abba Kabir Yusuf
Kano
N34.41bn
14
Dikko Umar Radda
Katsina
N21.87bn
15
Nasir Idris
Kebbi
N11.67bn
16
Usman Ododo
Kogi
N37.4bn
17
AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq
Kwara
N24.34bn
18
Abdullahi Sule
Nasarawa
N18.61bn
19
Dapo Abiodun
Ogun
N47.12bn
20
Lucky Aiyedatiwa
Ondo
N31.12bn
21
Ademola Adeleke
Osun
N24.39bn
22
Seyi Makinde
Oyo
N40.12bn
23
Caleb Mutfwang
Plateau
N24.70bn
24
Dauda Lawal
Zamfara
N13.46bn
25
Agbu Kefas
Taraba
N20.93bn
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