President Buhari Rejects N400m Cars

 President Muhammadu Buhari has turned down a proposal to buy new cars for his use. He will stick to the vehicles he inherited from former President Goodluck Jonathan. The proposal from the Aso Rock bureaucracy is for Buhari to approve the purchase of five customised armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars at about N400 million.
It was learnt that President Buhari rejected the proposal on Wednesday when he received a review from the State House Permanent Secretary, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi.

The proposal, which was said to have been made by the Jonathan administration. It was reported that the Jonathan administration had advised the plan be left for Buhari to approve since it was made at the dawn of his outgone administration and the cars would be due for delivery till after he might have left the office.

According to a source, President Buhari told the permanent secretary that the cars he inherited from the Jonathan administration were good enough for him, hence dropping the proposal.

“I don’t need new cars. The ones I’m using now are just fine,” the source quoted the president.

He however approved the plan of the Permanent Secretary to reduce cost of operation in the State House and strengthen its Finance and Accounts Internal Control Mechanisms. Buhari told him to capture all State House expenses within the approved budget, to avoid the frequent recourse to “Presidential intervention funds,” as it was rampant in the last administration.