The committee rejected the proposal when the officials of DPR appeared before it to defend the department’s 2018 budget. The Department of Petroleum Resources’ (DPR) has proposed a total of N355 million for foreign trips in and N60.2million in the 2018 fiscal year.This was made known by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) which rejected the proposal on Thursday, December 14, 2017.The committee rejected the proposal when the officials of DPR appeared before it to defend the department’s 2018 budget.Chairman of the committee, Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, vowed that the committee would reduce the estimates when sending it to plenary for approval. He said, “your proposed figure for foreign trips in the 2018 fiscal year is too high and must be drastically reduced before it is presented to the senate for approval.“Even the N60.2 million proposed for local trips in terms of monitoring is also on the high side and may also be reviewed downward.
