Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, while reacting to criticism trailing the purchase of the vehicles told newsmen yesterday that the N5.5 billion voted for the official vehicles was part of the N125 billion National Assembly budget passed for this year. “To say that a senator of the Federal Republic cannot ride a jeep in Nigeria is an insult. The outcry over it is very unnecessary and insulting to the institution of the National Assembly and status of the federal lawmakers,” he stated.
Both chambers of the National Assembly, he further said, were ready at anytime to engage any group of people in the polity on its operations and spending in line with the principles of accountability and transparency the 9th National Assembly stands for.In the meantime, the leadership of the Senate is set to name members of the 69 standing committees whose chairmen and vice chairmen were announced shortly before the upper legislative chamber went on annual vacation in July.
THISDAY also gathered that the formal inauguration of the committees may take place almost immediately but it would depend on the schedule of the Senate president who is expected to do so. Further breakdown of the chairmanship slots on zonal basis revealed that North-west had 16; North-east, 11; North-central 10; South-west, 13; South-east 9; and South-south, 10 slots.
The committees are Appropriation, to be chaired by Jibrin Barau , Agriculture – Abdullahi Adamu , Interior – Kashim Shetima , Finance – Olamilekan Adeola and Communication – Oluremi Tinubu .
N5.5bn cars in the world's poverty capital? Hope their joy will last forever
It is wrong to compare ministers of the federal republic to senators because their jobs are not the same. The senate should by cars if they want to but get good reasons for so doing.
No justifiable reasons as to why you’re buying another car. Since they became senators, have they all been trekking? Haven’t they all been receiving salaries and allowances enough to procure cars for themselves, assuming they don’t have cars since? Stop this madness
There's no justification for this reckless spending.
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NGRSenate this is a pity if 8th assembly included something inimical to us, must you go ahead with it Buy service vehicles you have monetization already. DrAhmadLawan femigbaja HouseNGR
30,000 minimum
Please what happened to the last year own?
Those tht are keen to destroy a society just for self-worth, greed & pride don’t really care abt the pain and suffering ppl undergo while dying slowly. They don’t care abt what awaits them after the vanity of their stupidity has bn exposed & the joy is no more. Tht’s N5.5b Car.
Hmmmm Nigeria
Only if you know that 5.5bn will get a 18,000 bicycle for 305,000 public senior secondary school students. Assuming we still want to spend the fund on transport facility. But it is your interest that matters in this nation.
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