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Tinubu To Spend N6.9 Billion On Cars For First Lady’s Office, Presidential Villa

The government plans to send N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles, SUVs, for the Presidential Villa…

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu

President Bola 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.

VerseNews reports that this is contained in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval.

It would be recalled that the President sent a N2.17 trillion Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly for approval.

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The 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.

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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.

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