Technology writer/blogger Somtoo Okoye angrily questions the decision of the House of Representatives for members to buy 360 units of Toyota Camry during a time masses are going through hardship and Coronavirus wahala.

Earlier this week, members of the House of Reps (about 360 of them) got a brand new Toyota Camry 2020 each.

A car dealer told me that the retail price and landing cost (trucking, shipping cost and customs duty which is about 100% value of the car itself) of that vehicle is not anything less than 30 million naira total (roughly $80k).

Dear "Representative", how many people in your constituency can afford a car brand new? In fact how many people in Nigeria can have money and mind to buy a brand new car with zero mileage (I don't mean the abroad-rejected, battered, repainted, accidented, sometimes flooded and totaled Tokunbo cars Americans threw away from their continent through Copart auctions and we buy them here and celebrate like we won the lottery)?

How many of the people you represent have seen a complete 5m naira in their account and you're buying 30m naira Camry? Coronavirus kpurukwa unu ncha.

Are you representing your people or your pocket? If the people you claim to represent cannot afford a brand new car (not Tokunbo), how then could a group of people idling away in Abuja wake up one morning and decide to buy brand new cars on a probably inflated budget for themselves for doing nothing? To make matters worse, some of them received these cars during this Coronavirus debacle, as if they are mocking us the masses.


Hon. Otunba Akin Alabi even you, you closed your mouth as you and your colleagues in that Abuja secret cult you call House of Reps chop and clean mouth.

Nobody is a saint but only God will judge Nigerian "leaders".

Can you imagine what is going on in our country, this people dont care about nigeria , those that make the 1990 constitution should be held reponsible for this. Ever since i was born have never had of any house of rep that has less than 2 car ,before they became a of representative . This country is cause

Their supporters don't have ventilators in their district

Hmm

Lalasticlala

Every single one of you that voted this government into power is to blame for this insensitivity.

Revolution has to take place...Nigeria has produced intelligent people all around the world... Aso rock can't all be run by dullards and abokis.