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Senators and members of the House of Representatives will
go home with the operational vehicles of the National
Assembly currently in their possession as the 7th Assembly
winds down on Friday.
Each of the 109 senators has a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado,
commonly referred to as ‘jeep’, assigned to them for
“operational” purposes like carrying out committee and
oversight duties.
The story is the same at the House, where each member
has a 2011 model Toyota Camry attached to them for
operational duties.
Apart from the operational vehicles, principal officers,
including the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House, have additional vehicles assigned to them.
The Prado jeeps and Camry are properties of the National
Assembly that should have ordinarily been left behind by
the departing legislators.
But, The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that, with the
understanding of the management of the legislature, the
vehicles have been valued, taking note of the years of
depreciation, to allow lawmakers who wish to go home
with them to do so by paying 30 per cent of the purchase
price.
The money is to be deducted from the severance package of
the senators and the House members.
Findings showed that in line with the arrangement, the
Prado jeeps, valued at the market price of about N9m,
would be given away to senators for around N2.7m.
In the same vein, members of the House will each part with
about N1.9m to go home with the Camry, valued at N6.5m.
An official of the National Assembly management, who
confirmed the “deal” to The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday,
said, “The cars have been used for four years, so this
valuation has taken cognisance of the years of
depreciation.
“The vehicles are not taken away free of charge and as a
matter of fact, it is optional. A lawmaker who does not want
to go with the vehicle will submit it to the National
Assembly and it will be so documented.
“The deduction will be done from their severance package
at source, which makes it easier.
“It is a practice that has been on over the years.”
Investigations also showed that, aside the operational
vehicles, each of the senators, on resumption in 2011, was
given 300 per cent of their total basic salaries as car loans
and 300 per cent as housing allowance. About 250 per
cent was advanced to them as furniture allowance.
Each of the senators, according to investigations, is
receiving N1.8m basic salary monthly while the Senate
President’s basic salary per month, is N2m.
One of our correspondents learnt that the car loan, which
was about N6.5m per senator and N7m for the senate
president, was used to buy a brand new Toyota Camry car
each.
The amount, according to a senior member of staff of the
National Assembly, was deducted from the basic salaries of
the senators within two years.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because
he was not authorised to speak to the press, said the
arrangement was a departure from the past practice
whereby some senators went away with their operational
vehicles as parting gifts.
He said, “The loans were obtained for the lawmakers
through the banks where their salary accounts are
domiciled, hence the bankers usually deduct certain
percentage agreed upon from their monthly payments to
service the car, housing and furniture loans.”
Attempts to get an official reaction from the Deputy Director
of Information at the National Assembly, Mr. Ishaku Dibal,
were unsuccessful as calls put through to his mobile
telephone did not connect.
However, the Deputy House Majority Leader, Leo Ogor,
confirmed that the operational vehicles would be taken
away “but certainly not for free.”
Ogor explained that the “normal procedure” was that the
vehicles would be evaluated and an agreed sum deducted
from the severance package of departing legislators.
“I don’t know what the amount will be; but I know that the
cars are not for free. The management of the National
Assembly will work it out and communicate to members
accordingly”, he stated.
Investigations further revealed that members of the House
were also offered the choice of taking home the plasma TV
sets in their offices on the condition that they would pay 50
per cent of the purchase price.
The PUNCH learnt that a 40-inch TV set for example, was
supplied for a contract sum of N600,000 in 2011. This
means a member planning to take it home will pay
N300,000 to the management of the legislature.
Another House official however disclosed to The PUNCH
that most members of the House turned down the Tv set
offer.
“They agreed to take the vehicles but almost all of them
rejected the offer of the Tv sets on the grounds that they
were too expensive.”

Hmmm

Them don start? Now let the thiefing(Reloaded/Redefined) begin...

I hate Nigeria's democracy.

If the NASS Management was interested in making money for the country, it will collect those vehicles and sell them through bid process. In that way, a Prado can fetch nothing less than 5 million and a Camry about 3 million.

In Nigeria politics, the rich always get richer through State's properties!

sultan457:
Senators and members of the House of Representatives will
go home with the operational vehicles of the National
Assembly currently in their possession as the 7th Assembly
winds down on Friday.
Each of the 109 senators has a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado,
commonly referred to as ‘jeep’, assigned to them for
“operational” purposes like carrying out committee and
oversight duties.
The story is the same at the House, where each member
has a 2011 model Toyota Camry attached to them for
operational duties.
Apart from the operational vehicles, principal officers,
including the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House, have additional vehicles assigned to them.
The Prado jeeps and Camry are properties of the National
Assembly that should have ordinarily been left behind by
the departing legislators.
But, The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that, with the
understanding of the management of the legislature, the
vehicles have been valued, taking note of the years of
depreciation, to allow lawmakers who wish to go home
with them to do so by paying 30 per cent of the purchase
price.
The money is to be deducted from the severance package of
the senators and the House members.
Findings showed that in line with the arrangement, the
Prado jeeps, valued at the market price of about N9m,
would be given away to senators for around N2.7m.
In the same vein, members of the House will each part with
about N1.9m to go home with the Camry, valued at N6.5m.
An official of the National Assembly management, who
confirmed the “deal” to The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday,
said, “The cars have been used for four years, so this
valuation has taken cognisance of the years of
depreciation.
“The vehicles are not taken away free of charge and as a
matter of fact, it is optional. A lawmaker who does not want
to go with the vehicle will submit it to the National
Assembly and it will be so documented.
“The deduction will be done from their severance package
at source, which makes it easier.
“It is a practice that has been on over the years.”
Investigations also showed that, aside the operational
vehicles, each of the senators, on resumption in 2011, was
given 300 per cent of their total basic salaries as car loans
and 300 per cent as housing allowance. About 250 per
cent was advanced to them as furniture allowance.
Each of the senators, according to investigations, is
receiving N1.8m basic salary monthly while the Senate
President’s basic salary per month, is N2m.
One of our correspondents learnt that the car loan, which
was about N6.5m per senator and N7m for the senate
president, was used to buy a brand new Toyota Camry car
each.
The amount, according to a senior member of staff of the
National Assembly, was deducted from the basic salaries of
the senators within two years.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because
he was not authorised to speak to the press, said the
arrangement was a departure from the past practice
whereby some senators went away with their operational
vehicles as parting gifts.
He said, “The loans were obtained for the lawmakers
through the banks where their salary accounts are
domiciled, hence the bankers usually deduct certain
percentage agreed upon from their monthly payments to
service the car, housing and furniture loans.”
Attempts to get an official reaction from the Deputy Director
of Information at the National Assembly, Mr. Ishaku Dibal,
were unsuccessful as calls put through to his mobile
telephone did not connect.
However, the Deputy House Majority Leader, Leo Ogor,
confirmed that the operational vehicles would be taken
away “but certainly not for free.”
Ogor explained that the “normal procedure” was that the
vehicles would be evaluated and an agreed sum deducted
from the severance package of departing legislators.
“I don’t know what the amount will be; but I know that the
cars are not for free. The management of the National
Assembly will work it out and communicate to members
accordingly”, he stated.
Investigations further revealed that members of the House
were also offered the choice of taking home the plasma TV
sets in their offices on the condition that they would pay 50
per cent of the purchase price.
The PUNCH learnt that a 40-inch TV set for example, was
supplied for a contract sum of N600,000 in 2011. This
means a member planning to take it home will pay
N300,000 to the management of the legislature.
Another House official however disclosed to The PUNCH
that most members of the House turned down the Tv set
offer.
“They agreed to take the vehicles but almost all of them
rejected the offer of the Tv sets on the grounds that they
were too expensive.”

nawa nigeria

Only in the zoological republic

But this is not a big deal naa
Even in the corporate world, most times, once official is fully depreciated over four years, it becomes the property of the owner at just 10% of the cost price. So me nor see any difference in this case