President Muhammadu Buhari has exonerated his Ministers from politicians currently facing corruption charges. he siad any caught will be made to face the law.
He also frowned at plans by the National
Assembly to buy over 400 new vehicles valued at over N4.7 Billion at a
time the nation is facing cash crunch.
Mr. Buhari criticised the plan on Wednesday during his first
televised Presidential Media chat, saying he had rejected a plan to buy
new vehicles for him in the 2016 budget estimates.
“I turned down a N400 million bill for cars for the presidency,
because the vehicles I am using are good enough for the next 10 years,”
he said.
The president said he was having problems with the National Assembly
because they were refusing to subject themselves to the new policy of a
Treasury Single Account, TSA, and were planning plan to buy new
vehicles.
“As for the National Assembly, we are having problems with them. I
think everybody has to subject themselves to TSA as far as federal money
is involved,” Mr. Buhari said.
When reminded that as the president, he might have the power to try
to stop the purchase, Mr. Buhari said “I will explore that power to stop
the expenditure of N50 billion for cars by the National Assembly.
“If I can turn down N400 million for the presidency that I do not
need any new car because of the economy, I can’t see the National
Assembly spending more that N47 billion to buy cars, on top of transport
allowance they collect.
The president said he would call for a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on the matter.
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