N160m Imported SUVs: National Assembly Approves N6b Car Parks

The National Assembly is to use N6b to build two car parks to accommodate among others the N160m vehicles bought for each of the federal legislators.

The provision for two car parks at N3b each was contained in the N28.7 trillion budget of the Federal Government approved by the National Assembly on Saturday.

GWG.ng reports that the approval of the imported N160m luxury bulletproof vehicles by the National Assembly has put the legislators at odds with many patriotic Nigerians who saw their action at a time of dwindling foreign exchange as worsening the economy.

Many have flayed the legislators for promoting the economy and brands of other countries at a time that the Nigerian economy is in dire straits.

The provision of N6b to build car parks by the National Assembly is bound to further put the priority of the lawmakers in question.

A total sum of N127.8 billion was allocated for Senators and members of the House of Representatives in the 2024 Appropriation Bill passed on Saturday.

A breakdown of the budgetary allocation shows that out of the amount, the Senate gets N49.144 billion while the House of Representatives gets N78.624 billion.

National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) was allocated N12.325 billion and the National institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies: (NILDS) gets N9.008 billion.

Legislative aides to the lawmakers in both chambers were allocated N20.388 billion.

The newly built National Assembly Library Complex was allocated N12.123 billion as Take-Off Grant while N3 billion was provided for the purchase of books for the library.

National Assembly car park project in the Senate and House of Representatives was allocated N3 billion each while N4 billion was allocated for the building of a ‘Recreation Center’ at the National Assembly.

The National Assembly Hospital project was allocated N15 billion.

Completion of NILDS headquarters was allocated N4.5 billion while the ongoing construction of National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) building gets N10 billion.

However, with the angst over the N160m SUVs yet to abate, the provision of N6b for car parks by the National Assembly is bound to further enrage the populace.

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