BREAKING: Prominent APC Senator Gives Update on Presidential Yacht Deal
- The inclusion of the presidential yacht in the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget generated uproar in Nigeria
- Many citizens described it as insensitivity on the part of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government
- Some economic reforms of the administration have caused hardship for Nigerians and many believe that while the government continues to urge Nigerians to endure, it is not practicing what it is preaching
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FCT, Abuja - Senator Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has revealed that the deal of the presidential yacht included in the supplementary budget has already been signed and delivered.
Ndume said this while speaking on Arise TV on Friday, November 3.
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Why yacht was included in budget - Ndume
According to the federal lawmaker, the procurement of the deal by the APC administration is what necessitated its addition to the supplementary budget.
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He said:
“The deal has been signed and delivered, but not paid, and that’s what brought the inclusion of the amount (N5 billion) in the supplementary budget.”
Reps throw out Tinubu's N5bn presidential yacht
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu's N5 billion presidential yacht included in the supplementary budget was transferred to a student loan by the House of Representatives.
Abubakar Bichi, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, disclosed this on Thursday, November 2, after lawmakers passed the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget.
Tinubu didn’t ask for presidential yacht - Ajayi
Legit.ng also reported that Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Tinubu, said the Nigerian leader did not ask for a presidential yacht.
Ajayi said the request for a yacht in the 2023 supplementary budget is from the Nigerian Navy "and they must have operational reasons for why it is required".
Presidential yacht: Omokri tackles Tinubu's govt
In another related news, Legit.ng reported that a prominent opposition figure, Reno Omokri, said the alleged claim that President Tinubu is unaware of the presidential yacht is improper.
Omokri made his stance known in a recent social media post.
Source: Legit.ng
