FG spends N825bn on travel allowances, stationery, others in 3 years —Finance ministry

 THE Federal Government spent N825 billion in three years on travels, maintenance, local and international training, welfare and stationery/computer consumables.

Disclosing this, yesterday, Head of the Efficiency Unit, set up by the Ministry of Finance to streamline government overhead expenditure, Patience Oniha, said from the study of government overhead expenditure it carried out between 2012 and 2014, 60 per cent of Federal Government’s overhead expenditure were, on the average, incurred through local and international travels, maintenance, local and international training, welfare, office stationery and consumables, honourarium and sitting allowance, meals and refreshment and books.