National Confab: 492 Delegates to Receive N4m a Month for Accommodation

The government, according to reports by Vanguard newspaper, will give each of the 492 delegates and six secretariat officials N4 million per month for accommodation and other logistics during the three-month National Conference, which will begin in Abuja next Monday.

Many of the delegates had refused to be booked into choice hotels in the capital for the duration of the conference for security reasons, and opted instead for the flat rate payments in lieu of accommodation.

Some of the senior government officials and delegates also argued that they had comfortable homes in Abuja, they would prefer to stay in their houses and commute to the conference venue.

The Presidency had set aside N7 billion for the organisation of the conference, and at the rate of N4 million for the 492 delegates and six secretaries for the three-month duration of the conference, more than N5 billion will be spent on accommodation alone.