– Senate president Bukola Saraki faults
reports claiming he got delivery of new cars
worth over N330million

– Claims only his official vehicle was
changed

– Cautions the press against deliberately
inciting members of the public against public
officials

Senate president, Bukola Saraki has challenged
reports by Premium Times that he has taken
delivery of new cars worth over N330million.
However, the office of 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”.
The statement noted that the vehicles the
Senate president inherited and has been using
are old and have been malfunctioning which
prompted him to order for a new one.
Highlighting instances where the vehicles broke
down, he noted that: “There are instances like
the day Dr. Saraki visited Keffi for the marriage
of the daughter of Senator Abdullahi Adamu
and another day at the Presidential wing of the
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport that the
spare vehicle broke down. In both instances,
the spare vehicle did not return home with the
convoy.
“The same vehicle had malfunctioned at the
Presidential Villa and National Mosque on
different occasions. It is for this reason that
the Senate President approved that instead of
providing two vehicles for him as he is entitled,
only one should be bought to replace the
official vehicle while the old official car should
be converted to spare car.”
“Also, if the National Assembly Management
chose to provide operational vehicles for
Security Agencies, should that be presented as
if they are personal or official vehicles meant
for the use of Dr. Saraki? These are vehicles
that cannot be used for other purposes and by
other people. The Senate President also have
no control over the security vehicles.
The office of the Senate president queried why
Premium Times reported that the order for the
vehicle was made in December, but chose to
calculate the value of the vehicles based on
current exchange rate of the Naira to the
dollar.
It cautioned the press to desist from
deliberately inciting members of the public
against public officials, noting that the “Se nate
President and his colleagues are conscious of
the economic situation in the country and will
continue to act responsibly and responsively” .
Recall that sometimes last year, the media
reported that the National Assembly had
proposed about N4.7 billion on at least 400
vehicles for leaders and members of the Senate
and House of Representatives.
This prompted former president Olusegun
Obasanjo to write members of the National
Assembly asking them to jettison the plan to
buy official vehicles.
Obasanjo told the legislators that the waste
that had gone into cars, furniture, housing
renovation in the past was mind-boggling.
He also stated that these were veritable
sources of waste and corruption. That was
why they were abolished. He said such action
was inimical to the interest of Nigeria and
Nigerians.

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Absolute nonsense! In this state of our economic quagmire...a supposed leader in Nigeria can only boast of changing his official car which real value is more than the salary per two years of a level 14 step 09 officer in the civil service. Nigeria is a fraud and our democracy is also contaminated! Saraki, an ex-governor, senator for several years and now senate president and will eventually want to become the president! After these years of political sojourn, they only boast of siphoned public funds at the detriment of the mass of Nigerians and many gullible Nigerians too will worship them after they have been fantasised!