THE Senate said yesterday that
senators unanimously rejected the proposed loan to purchase their vehicles,
saying none of the 109 lawmakers was interested in it. Speaking with
journalists in Abuja yesterday, Chairman, Senate Committee on Senate Services,
Senator Ibrahim Gobir, said the upper chamber never spent over N4 billion to
purchase 108 cars for lawmakers.
According to him, only 36 SUVs
were bought at the cost of N36.5 million each. “We had a close session and they
agreed that we should give one car per state; we sat down and agreed on who
among the three senators from each state needs the car most and that was what
happened,” he said.