SAHARA REPORTERS
A review of President Bola Tinubu’s proposed 2025 budget by SaharaReporters has revealed that a total sum of N255.7million has been proposed to be spent on buying Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
These will be part of the operational vehicles for the presidential conference car unit (CCU) fleet in Abuja.
This was contained in the 2025 fiscal appropriation bill (proposed budget) President Tinubu presented before the joint National Assembly – the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 18, 2024.
A review of the 2025 Executive Proposal of the proposed budget by SaharaReporters showed that Tinubu proposed that his administration will spend the sum of N127,864,107 for the purchase of SUVs for the President and the Vice President.
Another N127,864,107 will be spent on procurement of operational vehicles at the presidential conference car unit (CCU) fleet, Abuja.
Further review of the proposed budget showed that the President proposed to spend the sum of N466.8 million on renovation of the Vice President’ Quarters at the State House and presidential villa.
Also, another N298.3 million will be spent on renovation of the Vice President guest house in Asokoro, Abuja.
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters had reported that President Tinubu in the official document of the proposed 2025 budget, proposed that his administration would spend the sum of N164,990,169 on the purchase of tyres for bullet proof vehicles, plain cars, CCU vehicles, platform trucks, Jeeps, Ambulances and other utility and operational vehicles for State House.
The N164.9 million for the purchase of the vehicles including operational vehicles as indicated on page seven (7) of the 2025 proposed budget Executive Proposal official document, is different from N3,661,566,123 proposed for the purchase of State House operational vehicles on page eight (8) of the same document.
It is also different from the sum of N1,098,469,837 proposed to be spent on replacement of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) vehicles for the State House.
Meanwhile, Tinubu in his address while presenting the proposed budget before the National Assembly had said, “This budget christened, “Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity,” strikes at the very core of our Renewed Hope Agenda and demonstrates our commitment to stabilising the economy, improving lives, and repositioning our country for greater performance.”
The President added, “The 2025 budget that I present today is one of restoration. It seeks to consolidate the key policies we have instituted to restructure our economy, boost human capital development, increase the volume of trade and investments, bolster oil and gas production, get our manufacturing sector humming again and ultimately increase the competitiveness of our economy.
“We do not intend to depart from this critical path to strengthen the Nigerian economy. Just as I believe in the resilience of our economy to withstand the current challenges, l also strongly believe in the resilience of the Nigerian people.”
THIS STORY FIRST APPEARED IN SAHARA REPORTERS
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