ABUJA — The Nigeria Senate has approved the total of N74,773,916 billion as the 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.
The Senate made the approval after the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Police Affairs during plenary on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Dauda Halliru Jika, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi Central, in his presentation, observed that the 2021 NPTF budget is the second since the establishment Act came into existence in 2019.
According to him, the total revenue roll-over from 2020 was N23,632,857,141.30.
Giving a breakdown of the budget, the lawmaker said the sum of N988,279,006.05 is for Personnel Cost; N10,027,610,310.25 for Overheads Expenditure; N11,015,889,316.30 for Recurrent; and N63,757,712,600.00 for Capital Expenditure.
He explained that the 2021 accrued revenue are as follows: 0.5 percent of the Total Revenue Accrued to Federation Accounts Revenue at N41,867,680,099.00; 0.05 percent of Total Value Added Tax (VAT) N8,824,064,676.00; 0.05 percent of the Net Profit of Companies in Nigeria – N 300,000,000; and Aids, Grants, and Donations – N150,000,000.
