Tinubu Allocates N6.9bn for Vehicles in Supplementary Budget, N1.5bn for First Lady’s Office

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will spend over N6.9 billion on the procurement of vehicles for the State House,.

DailyPost reported that he will also spend another whopping N1.5 billion for new cars for the Office of the First Lady.

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.

The government plans to send N2.9 billion for sports utility Vehicles, SUVs, for the Presidential Villa and another N2.9 billion to replace 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.