President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proposed to spend over N6.9 billion on procurement of vehicles for the State House, with the Office of the First Lady getting N1.5 billion for new cars.
This is contained in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval.
President Tinubu had on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget.
The budget was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting on Monday.
In the proposed budget, the federal government plan to spend N1.5 billion on vehicles for the Office of the First Lady, an office that is not recognised by the country’s constitution.
Aside from the Office of the First Lady, the government plans to spend another N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion to replace operational vehicles for the presidency.
The government is also proposing to spend N4 billion on the renovation of the residential quarters of the president, and N2.5 billion on the renovation of the vice president’s resident. In all, N28 billion is proposed for the State House.
It is planning to spend N12.5 billion on the Presidential Air Fleet
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