Reps to spend N2.5bn on committees vehicles
By John Ameh
Friday, 7 Oct 2011


Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a decision to purchase new operational vehicles for the House committees.


The decision to buy the new vehicles was endorsed at a closed-door session presided over by the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal.


The committee vehicles are different from the N7m car loan each of the 360 lawmakers got at the beginning of the current tenure on June 6.


The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, confirmed the decision of the House when he spoke with journalists shortly after the meeting rose.


“Operational vehicles are coming; they have been approved. But, how many or brand of the vehicles, that has not been decided.


“When we decide on the number or brand of vehicles, we shall adequately inform the public,” he said.


Mohammed added that the initial N7m was a loan given to members to buy personal cars, “as different from operational vehicles.”


“The loan is already being deducted at source; the whole value will be paid,” he stated.


He claimed that the explanation was to guard against any speculation that might portray the House as embarking on a spending spree or wasting public funds.


Findings by our correspondent indicated that the total loan for all 360 lawmakers was about N2.5bn.


There are 89 standing committees in the House.


Incidentally, the sixth House headed by the immediate Speaker, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, also spent N2.3bn to procure 380 operational vehicles for lawmakers in 2008.


The Peugeot 407 cars were supplied by Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited for N6.1m each.


The House had explained that the vehicles were National Assembly property and would be left behind at the expiration of the tenure last June.


However, the departing legislators later paid about N800,000 for each car and took them away.


The contract for the cars became a sore point in the House as some lawmakers later alleged that the transaction was inflated.

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Nice development.

Looting continues

God where is this country going I feel like crying.

Same old story so bad we have poor minded people in our government all they know is loot, well they spend million to get the seat they need recover fast and starting calculating their profit , lol

the vogue now is N2.5b,
Fashola builds a cross-over with 2.5 billion
Reps to spend 2.5billion on committee vehicles.

are they buying humer

this is where the fuel subsidy will end up

This senseless Govt's got no remedy to corruption.  God have mercy!!

2.5 billion divided by 360 equals N7 million. Pray, what kind of vehicles do they want to purchase with such amount?

At least i will benefit from Fashola's 2.5

When will the Nass get things right?Do they want to loot the treasury dry?

when the issue is about them they don't complain about subsidy, but anything in the interest of the public will bring up the issue of subsidy.

and this same fools want to remove fuel subsidies?

Democracy, must they demo and craze? i hate this name (democracy) i want military

this bunch of idiots will ruin Nigeria if we don't cry out.
2.5Bn!!! when masses is preparing to cry over fuel subsidy removal.

Am loosing interest in this entity called nigeria. I see all their actions as comedy these days.

God oh!!!!!!, What is this? Pls I can't believe these bastards even have the alacrity to announce this 2 us. May Jarastafarai rip off their balls one by one!, Ole!!!

God oh!!!!!!, What is this? Pls I can't believe these bastards even have the alacrity to announce this 2 us. May Jarastafarai rip off their balls one by one!, Ole!!!

I think Nigerian democracy is more expensive than military regime.

i.t.t

The Peugeot 407 cars were supplied by Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited for N6.1m each.


The House had explained that the vehicles were National Assembly property and would be left behind at the expiration of the tenure last June.


However, the departing legislators later paid about N800,000 for each car and took them away.

interesting

Business as usual. People should save their breath cos the 8th National Assembly will still buy their own.

Why do these people buy cars every term? There are some reps that were reelected, does this mean they will have 2 new cars? And by the way, when did it become to responsibility of Nigerians to buy casr for them? I am sure each rep has transportation allowance. They should use that. Nigerians should not be responsible for buying new cars for them.

Every round of of legislature now buys operation vehicle. Why should they sell the ones the 6th Assembly bought? These guys are the problems of this country.

Ovularia:

The Peugeot 407 cars were supplied by Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited for N6.1m each.

Ovularia:

Ovularia link=topic=776593.msg9290541#msg9290541 date=1317944061:

However, the departing legislators later paid about N800,000 for each car and took them away.

Ovularia:

Look at the difference for God's sake. Every round of legislature in this country does that. This is corruption in high places and very soon they will be saying the country is in debt. We spend so much to maintain recklessness of so few a people

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Why do these people buy cars every term? There are some reps that were reelected, does this mean they will have 2 new cars? And by the way, when did it become to responsibility of Nigerians to buy casr for them? I am sure each rep has transportation allowance. They should use that. Nigerians should not be responsible for buying new cars for them.

That is another sensible question fellow country man

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Nice one reps.

Firstly, I think there are two many committees;

Secondly the public announcement is probably to prevent "Bankole like investigations" at the end of the speakers tenure.

hbrednic:

the vogue now is N2.5b,
Fashola builds a cross-over with 2.5 billion
Reps  to  spend 2.5billion on committee vehicles.

Seems like it is now the 'safe-loot' limit,fast becoming a pattern.

must they buy cars from govt money  , is it that these pple are not mobile before they got elected?  why waste public money at every oppurtunity. this is very sad and worrisome!

oladayo042:

Business as usual. People should save their breath cos the 8th National Assembly will still buy their own.

Haha you funny sha.Naijans don suffer from these peeps;spending their money without comma.Bunch of useless people.btw,Senators sef no go buy their own ?