Alleged N200 Million SUVs For Members Exaggerated – House Of Rep

Eko Hot Blog reports that Media reports that each member will receive a sports utility vehicle (SUV)

worth N200 million have been called a little “exaggerated” by the House of Representatives.

The automobiles that would be given to members are not for personal use, the House stated in a

statement by its spokesperson Akin Rotimi on Sunday. However it did not disclose the cost of the

SUVs

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The statement claims that the automobiles belong to the members and that they must be given

back when their employment is over.

According to Rotimi, purchasing a working vehicle is not unique to the legislature because the

executive branch’s appointees have also acquired cars.

“While many versions of this story carry varying exaggerations, we can confirm that the National

Assembly bureaucracy in the statement claims that the automobiles belong to the members and

that they must be given back when their employment is over.

According to Rotimi, purchasing a working vehicle is not unique to the legislature because the

executive branch’s appointees have also acquired cars. e phased process of procuring and

distributing operational vehicles to honourable members over the coming weeks and months,” he

said.

He explained that members are to drop the cars after their tenure but can keep them if they are

willing to pay.

“For the duration of the 10th assembly (2023 – 2027), the vehicles shall remain the property of the

National Assembly.

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“At the expiration of the tenure of the 10th Assembly in 2027, should the extant assets deboarding

policy of government still be in place, honourable members may have the option of making

payment for the outstanding value of the vehicles to government coffers before they can become

theirs, otherwise it remains the property of the National Assembly,” he added.

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