– The house of reps said it is yet to
decide on the brand of exotic cars each lawmaker will get

– The house of reps also said no matter the outcry and talk from Nigerians, it
will buy the exotic cars
House Speaker Yakubu Dogara
After public outcry, Nigeria’s House of
Representatives has stopped it plans to
purchase 360 exotic cars for its
members.

Nigeria is currently cash strapped but
the federal legislators in both the Senate
and House of Reps have planned to get
exotic cars for reach members.
Already, the Senate president and
chairman of the national assembly,
Bukola Saraki, reportedly took delivery of cars worth 330million naira.

But in a report by Punch newspaper, the House which is yet to pick the brand of cars it intends to buy would make the purchase at the appropriate time.
“Look, all these talks will not stop us
from buying our utility vehicles. We
haven’t bought the vehicles because
there is no money yet.
“We are going to buy the cars at the
appropriate time. If a minister, who is
junior in the order protocol to a
legislator, has up to four Land
Cruiser SUVs as officials vehicles, why do
people think that just one Camry or
Peugeot 508 is too much for a member?
“What is the uproar about? That a
member is asking to buy a Camry to use
for oversight duties is too big?,” an
unnamed legislator told the newspaper.

Also, the chairman, house committee on
media and public affairs, Mr Abdulrazak
Namdas, said the House had neither
ordered nor taken delivery of the
controversial vehicles.
“I think this car issue has generated too
much hues and cries. The House has not
bought any cars for now. We will buy
cars and the public will know about it
because there is nothing to hide, really,”
he added.
Meanwhile, the Senate president has
dismissed claims that Saraki spent over
N330million to acquire vehicles, stating
that only the official vehicle of the Senate
president, a MercedezBenz, was changed
and that the spare car in the convoy is
the old one he inherited which he has
been using since he assumed office June
last year.
In a release through his special adviser
on media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on
Saturday 27, Saraki faulted the reports
that classified “vehicles provided for
security agencies like the police and
State Security Service by the National
Assembly management for their
operations as vehicles bought for the
Senate President”.
Source:https://www.naij.com/746883-360-exotic-cars-read-house-reps-plans-next.html

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