President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the plan of the National as$embly to purchase over 400 new cars valued at over N4.7 billion at a time Nigeria is facing economy crisis.
Buhari during his first media chat.
Buhari was speaking during his first presidential media chat in Aso Rock villa in Abuja on December 30, Wednesday.
The president said: “I turned down a N400 million bill for cars for the presidency, because the vehicles I am using are good enough for the next 10 years.”
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He stated that he was having problems with the Senate and House of Representatives because they were denying subjecting themselves to the new policy of a Treasury Single Account and were moving to purchase new cars.
President Buhari continued: “As for the National as$embly, we are having problems with them. I think everybody has to subject themselves to TSA as far as federal money is involved.
“I will explore that power to stop the expenditure of N50 billion for cars by the National as$embly.
“If I can turn down N400 million for the presidency that I do not need any new car because of the economy, I can’t see the National as$embly spending more that N47 billion to buy cars, on top of transport allowance they collect.
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“I have to revisit that story. The budget for their transport allowance comes up to a N100 billion. With the kind of money that goes into the National as$embly, we have to look at it conscientiously and see how we can live within our means,” he said.
As it was reported earlier the Nigerian Senate is supposedly planning to buy different brands of cars for use by its president, Bukola Saraki, his deputy Ike Ekweremadu and the 108 other senators.
According to one of the sources, the Senate is planning to buy 20 units of Toyota Land Cruiser, 2016 model. The vehicles also must be “American Brand, V8, VXR, 5.7, Auto Engine with intelligence.”
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