The amount, spread across over 200 MDAs, may be higher because some agencies did not indicate their generator expenses
Some Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government in Nigeria will spend an estimated N22 billion on generator maintenance in 2023, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown.
Some of the institutions whose budgetary expenditures on generators were not listed in the government’s budget document include the, Federal Inland Revenue Service , Nigeria Customs Service, and the Nigerian Communications Commission , among others. Last June, the World Bank said that Nigeria will need about $100 billion in the next 10 years to tackle the challenges in its energy sector.According to details of budgetary expenditures from ministries, departments and agencies, many MDAs are opting for alternative power supply. The nature of maintenance the MDAs plan to carry out on generator sets isn’t immediately clear, but details show that billions of naira would be expended on generators.
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria proposed N238 million; the Economic and Financial Crime Commission will expend N277.8 million; the National Eye Center Kaduna proposed N230 million; and the Nigerian Navy plans to spend N224 million. “One of the objectives of the reform is to ensure that the government doesn’t spend more on the power sector and channel the savings into other human development projects,” he said.
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