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| Senate Orders ‘2016 Model’ Suvs For 109 Lawmakers by jungleflick(m): 2:00pm On Dec 19, 2015 |
Senate orders ‘2016 model’ SUVs for 109 lawmakers The leadership of the Senate has placed orders for the purchase of 109 Sport Utility Vans commonly called jeeps in the Nigerian parlance, for its members to carry out their oversight functions. It has also allegedly turned down a request by some chairmen of the 65 committees recently inaugurated by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to change their preferred vehicles which hitherto had been Prado Jeeps already to Land Cruisers. Investigations by our correspondent on Saturday showed that each of the vehicles would cost N16m. They were said to have been ordered before the constitution of the 65 committees. Tagged “operational vehicles”, the SUVs, according to a member of the management staff, who could not be quoted because of his status, would be delivered to each of the lawmakers in the first quarter of next year. The vehicles, he said would be formally handed over to the senators after their four-year tenure after paying 30 percent of the cost. The source said, “The jeeps are not official vehicles because the senators, in line with the Federal Government policy on monetisation, would be paid money for vehicles, accommodation and other things, so they are not entitled to official vehicles and accommodation. “They, however, needed operational vehicles to carry out their oversight functions. Each of the 109 senators is either a chairman or vice-chairman of the senate committees, hence all of them would have a jeep each” Our correspondent, however, learnt that some of the committee chairmen, recently met with the leadership of the Senate and requested that their own Prado jeep be upgraded to Land Cruiser Jeeps. The leadership, according to a senator from the South West geopolitical zone who craved anonymity, told some of the chairmen that made the request that the budget of the red chamber could not accommodate their demands... Continue Reading >>> Juz Rumours |
| Re: Senate Orders ‘2016 Model’ Suvs For 109 Lawmakers by ayindejimmy(m): 2:47pm On Dec 19, 2015 |
We're doomed! Can we stat d process of recallin these parasites? U wnt hear Ben Bruce voice nw o. Were they ridin horses b4? |
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