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<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa</p>
<p>The Kano State Government spent â¦10.36 billion on miscellaneous expenses in the first half of 2026, a review of the state’s second-quarter budget performance report has shown.</p>
<p>The expenditure covers hospitality, publicity, welfare packages, refreshments and meals, celebrations and other miscellaneous items. It represents 16.3 per cent of the approximately â¦63 billion the state budgeted for general miscellaneous expenses for the 2026 fiscal year.</p><div class="nT2XlFtf" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>A breakdown of the report shows that hospitality consumed â¦1.78 billion between January and June, or 55.6 per cent of the â¦3.19 billion allocated for the item for the full year. In the second quarter alone, hospitality spending stood at â¦1.31 billion.</p>
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<p>Honorarium and sitting allowances gulped â¦1.21 billion, representing 47.1 per cent of the â¦2.57 billion annual budget. The second-quarter report listed â¦1.207 billion under the category.</p>
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<p>Publicity and advertisements accounted for â¦1.49 billion, or 35.7 per cent of the â¦4.16 billion budgeted for the year, while welfare packages cost â¦901.94 million against an annual allocation of â¦4.03 billion.</p>
<p>Refreshments and meals gulped â¦116.53 million, representing 7.6 per cent of the â¦1.54 billion allocated for the item. Other miscellaneous expenses stood at â¦3.80 billion, or 29 per cent of the â¦13.08 billion annual vote.</p>
<p>The state also spent â¦296.03 million on special days and celebrations, â¦64.62 million on local medical expenses and â¦40.30 million on international medical expenses.</p>
<p>Under the foreign scholarship scheme, â¦162.95 million was spent, accounting for just 0.6 per cent of the â¦26.23 billion allocated for the programme in 2026.</p>
<p>The figures come from the administration of Governor Abba Yusuf’s spending record in the first six months of the year, as captured in the state’s second-quarter budget performance report.</p>
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<p>Sahara reporters</p>
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