Recession: Gowon, Obasanjo, Jonathan, others to get N400m worth new vehicles

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal, yesterday, disclosed that N400 million has been budgeted for the purchase of vehicles for former presidents and heads of state.

The SGF said they are entitled to brand new vehicles every four years.

He also disclosed that the allowances for former presidents has been sufficiently covered in the 2017 budget, although it was not openly budgeted for in the Appropropriation Bill. 

The SGF said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to defend his office’s budget, following insistence of members of the panel for him to so do. 

The SGF, who was billed to appear before the committee last week, said his absence was because he went to condole with bereaved families, particularly that of the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, over the loss of his first wife.  She was buried last weekend.

The meeting between the SGF and the committee, which lasted over 45 minutes, was presided over by the chairman, Senator Tijjani Kaura.

-Sun News