By Kayode Ogundamisi
President Bola Tinubu is expected back in Nigeria this weekend after leaving the country on August 30 for his European working vacation. The Presidency confirmed that his return has been extended to the weekend.
In Paris, the President and his delegation have been operating from The Peninsula Paris, one of the French capital’s ultra-luxury hotels.
The hotel currently lists its Grand Premier Suite at about €6,864 a night before taxes and fees rising to about €7,566, or roughly ₦12 million, with charges included.
At that rate, 28 nights would amount to roughly ₦336 MILLION for one suite alone.
If Tinubu returns on Saturday after 27 nights, the equivalent calculation would still be about ₦324 MILLION.
And that is one suite.
But the arithmetic raises an obvious question.
While Nigerians are being asked to endure higher food, transport, electricity and living costs in the name of economic reforms, how much is the government spending on luxury accommodation in Paris?
₦336 million for 28 nights?
The reforms may be “working,” but apparently the hotel meter is working overtime.
Kayode Ogundamisi, a former aide of late President Muhammadu Buhari is based in the United Kingdom