Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Ibrahim Gobir, on Tuesday, April 19, stated that said the upper chamber only purchased 36 Toyota Land Cruiser Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) V8 at N36.5m each and not 108.
Gobir, whose committee is responsible for purchasing the vehicles said: “The issue that we bought 108 cars is not correct. We bought 36 cars, one car per state and they are utility vehicles.”
Gobir said the cars were captured in the 2015 budget, and denied reports that they collected car loans last year.
“We are supposed to buy 109 cars but because of our sensitivity to the lack of funds, we bought 36. There is no minister that hasn’t got three cars; there is no director that hasn’t got a Land Cruiser and there is no permanent secretary that hasn’t cars,” he said.
Asked on when they would purchase the remaining 72 cars, he said, “Currently, we have money for 36 cars and we have paid for them.”
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