President Muhammadu Buhari has turned down an offer by the Federal Government to procure five new armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars for his use.

The cars which total cost is put at about N400m were planned to be purchased by the State House.

A Presidency source told journalists on Thursday that Buhari got to know of the plan when the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi, was briefing him of his ministry’s activities on Wednesday.

Miffed by the revelation, the President was said to have told Emodi that the purchase was unnecessary.

Describing it as a waste of scarce resources, the source said Buhari told the permanent secretary that the cars he inherited from former President Goodluck Jonathan were good enough for him.

“I don’t need any new cars. The ones I am using now are just fine,” the source quoted the President as saying.

The top government officials, however, said Buhari welcomed other initiatives presented by the permanent secretary to reduce the operating costs of the State House and strengthen its Finance and Accounts Internal Control Mechanisms.

He however directed that more efforts be made henceforth to capture all State House expenses within the approved national budget.

This, he said, was to avoid the frequent recourse by past administrations to “Presidential intervention funds.”

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed to our correspondent that Buhari had withheld approval for the purchase of the new cars.

Shehu said the President would continue to use the cars left behind by Jonathan in keeping with his commitment to prudent management of national resources.

Our correspondent learnt that the proposal to procure the new cars was first made to Jonathan before he left office.

The former President was however said to have directed that it be represented to Buhari for approval on his assumption of office since the cars could only be delivered some months after the May 29 handover date.

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Now Nigerians can say we have a president.

But he flies jet. Pretence and Ganda of the proparest order. Buhari fold your sleeves and start work joor. No more talku talku as time dey pass you by!

I'm bookmarking space... Hope the mod doesn't see this

DickDastardly:
But he flies jet. Pretence and Ganda of the proparest order. Buhari fold your sleeves and start work joor. No more talku talku as time dey pass you by!

keep shut....

Oga stop forming and work pls

Who do they think they're deceiving?

Sai baba

But naija get money ooooo

DickDastardly:
But he flies jet. Pretence and Ganda of the proparest order. Buhari fold your sleeves and start work joor. No more talku talku as time dey pass you by!

Stop thinking with your Di.ck. Ol

A commendable act. PMB might be slow, but he knows his stuff. I believe his pace now is a strategy for things to come.





Sai Baba

No more reckless spending

DickDastardly:
But he flies jet. Pretence and Ganda of the proparest order. Buhari fold your sleeves and start work joor. No more talku talku as time dey pass you by!

see d wailing wailers , they will always found a fault.

Dahveydson:
A commendable act. PMB might be slow, but he knows his stuff. I believe his pace now is a strategy for things to come.





Sai Baba

I don't even think he's slow, were you expecting magic in the first 6 weeks of a new government?

Did he ever promise to wipe out boko haram within the first 6 weeks or totally change the economy in his first 6 weeks?

People are just agitating over nothing when there is still time to fix all PMB promised to fix

Cutehector:
keep shut....

keep talking....