The Nigerian Senate on Thursday afternoon, approved N6.9 billion for the procurement of vehicles for the State House, with the Office of the First Lady getting N1.5 billion for new cars.
The budget is captured in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval.
The President sent a N2.17 trillion Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly for approval.
Having been approved, government plans to send N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles, SUVs, for the Presidential Villa and another N2.9 billion on replacing the cars in the pool.
This proposed expenditure is coming at a time when Nigerians are still protesting the decision of the National Assembly to procure N75 billion worth of vehicles.
Some young persons had held protests in Lagos and Abuja over the planned spending by the lawmakers at a time when Nigerians are facing a tough economic situation.
In the proposed supplementary budget, the government is planning to spend N28 billion on the State House. In addition, the government is planning to spend N12.5 billion on the Presidential a6ir Fleet.
In the wake of the outrage trailing the approval of 57.6 billion Naira for sports utility vehicles for lawmakers, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is said to have submitted a Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly, requesting the allocation of over N7.3 billion Naira for the procurement of vehicles for the State House. In the same budget, the office of the First Lady is set to receive N1.5 billion Naira for the purchase of new vehicles.
