A review of Borno State’s 2026 budget has revealed that the Government House plans to spend as much as N900million on furniture items, including tables and cushion chairs, drawing attention to the scale of allocations for administrative comfort within the government quarters.
Details from the capital expenditure component of the budget show that under the Government House administrative code, N900million was set aside for the “purchase of 60 sets of tables, 40 visitors’ chairs and 10 cushion chairs.”
The provision places furniture among the notable high-value items captured in the Government House spending plan for the year.
The allocation is part of a broader list of expenditures targeting upgrades, procurement, and construction within the Government House, Maiduguri.
Among other prominent items, the budget includes N800million for the purchase of eight Toyota Hilux vehicles for security operations, as well as N1billion earmarked for the procurement of 18 units of 500KVA generators intended to support power supply within the complex.
Further provisions show that N1billion has been budgeted for the construction of a guest house, while N1.8billion is allocated for the construction of 60 additional office blocks.
Another N100million is set aside for the construction of 100-bedroom apartments within the Government House, alongside N100million for additional quarters for domestic staff.
The spending plan also includes N791.9million for the rehabilitation of 20 existing office buildings and N50million for the completion of two staff clinics. In addition, N20million is budgeted for solar power installations.
Beyond infrastructure and heavy equipment, several administrative and operational items also feature prominently. The budget provides N50million for kitchen equipment and N500million for celebrations, including Eid festivities, Children’s Day, and New Year events.
Other allocations include N100million for communication gadgets, CCTV cameras, and protective equipment, as well as N50million for fire-fighting tools and N5million for tree planting within the Government House environment.
Separate from the Government House, the Deputy Governor’s Office also has its own provisions, including N100million for executive tables and chairs, further highlighting the emphasis on furnishing government offices.
Earlier, a review by Bellnews of the approved 2026 budget of Borno State shows that a total of N378million was spent on generators between January and September 2025.
Review also shows that Borno State Government earmarked a sum of N150million to feed sheep and goats kept within the Government House.
This allocation is contained in the approved budget estimates for the 2026 fiscal year published by the state government on its official website.
The description of the budget item, which is domiciled under Government House expenditure, reads: “general purchase of feeding for various Sheep and Goat within the Government House.”
A breakdown of the N150million allocation over 365 days indicates that the sheep and goats would consume feed worth an average of N410,958 daily. On a weekly basis, their feeding cost is estimated at about N2.8million.
In a separate development, review of the Borno State 2025 full-year budget performance document revealed that the state government spent N4.3billion on “livelihood support for Repentant Boko Haram members” during the year.
The document shows that N1.6 billion of the amount was disbursed between October and December 2025 alone, representing spending over a three-month period.
In contrast, the total capital expenditure for the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board for the entire 2025 fiscal year stood at N2 billion—over N2 billion less than what was spent on the livelihood support programme for former insurgents.
Similarly, capital expenditure for the Borno State University Teaching Hospital in 2025 was N2.7 billion, also lower than the amount spent on the reintegration programme. The capital expenditure of the state’s hospital management board stood only at N3.1 billion in the 2025 fiscal year, less than the N4.3 billion spent on rehabilitating Repentant Boko Haram haram members.
An earlier Bellnews review further showed that between January and September 2024, the Borno State Government spent N3.45 billion on livelihood support under the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme for “repentant Boko Haram” members.