We Bought 36 Cars,Not 108 - Senate

THE Senate disclosed, yesterday, that senators
unanimously rejected the proposed loan to
purchase their vehicles, saying none of the 109
lawmakers was interested in it.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja yesterday,
Chairman, Senate Committee on Senate Services,
Senator Ibrahim Gobir, said the upper chamber
never spent over N4 billion to purchase 108 cars
for lawmakers.

According to him, only 36 SUVs were bought at
the cost of N36.5 million each.
He said: “We had a close session and they
agreed that we should give one car per state; we
sat down and agreed on who among the three
senators from each state needs the car most
and that was what happened.”
Gobir, who wondered why Nigerians would kick
against the purchase of new exotic cars, said as
senators they were entitled to official cars.