Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas (Adamawa-APC), the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, says the Federal Government cannot stop buying vehicles because of the downturn in the nation’s economy.
Namdas told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday that the National Assembly had already concluded arrangements to procure vehicles for its operations this year.
He explained that the 469 vehicles to be procured would aid effective performance of legislative duties, including oversight functions, by the legislators.
NAN recalls that the plan by the National Assembly to procure the vehicles had elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians, including President Muhammadu Buhari.
The legislator said that states’ Houses of Assembly often bought cars for official use.
He said: “Governors buy vehicles for their commissioners and in most cases for their special advisers, for official use all over the country.
“Ministries buy vehicles for official use,Ministers are given vehicles for their official use.”
The lower chamber’s spokesman explained that the vehicles would be purchased through a loan scheme, which would be liquidated over time and from the lawmakers’ severance allowances
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