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Thursday, 16 June 2016

House Of Reps Splitted Over Purchase of 360 SUV, Settled On 508 Peugeot

Ofofo - 02:18:00
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The house of Representatives, has yesterday Wednesday, divided in the course of its executive session over the purchase of Prado LandCruiser Jeeps for oversight capabilities of its members.

It additionally mandated its leadership to liaise with the executive to make sure that extra N35. 824 billion turned into made to be had to the amnesty programme for the reformation of militants in Niger Delta.

The house similarly lamented that Nigeria loses about N2 trillion yearly in capital flight to foreign nations due to the incapacity of indigenous deliver owners to take part in lifting cargoes from Nigeria, along with crude oil.

House of Representatives residence of Representatives On the auto purchase, the lawmakers have been angry over the non-stop retention of chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, with the aid of the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, over his function within the controversy surrounding padding of 2016 budget, particularly on constituency projects.

Although the speaker did not divulge what have been discussed at the closed door session which lasted for almost an hour, A report says that the problem of purchase of motors for oversight functions and the talk over constituency projects in the budget, which pitched the Presidency towards the national Assembly ruled discussions.

A member who attended the closed door session, who seeked anonymity said that some of them were no longer disposed to the purchase of Prado Jeep, following the reduction in the allocation to the national assembly from N150 billion in 2014 to N120 billion in 2015 and N115 billion within the 2016 budget. whilst contacted, Chairman house Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, stated there has been nothing like Prado Landcruiser Jeep because the house had settled for 508 Peugeot.

In the meantime, the house of Representatives has mandated its leadership to liaise with the executive to make sure that extra N35.824 billion changed into made available to the amnesty programme for the reformation of militants in Niger Delta.

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