SHOCKING: Each of 69 senators in the 9th Senate will get ₦50 million to buy their official car!

Naijauto has just gotten a new report claiming that the current 9^th Senate has budgeted a whopping ₦5.5 billion for themselves as car purchase allowance. This literally means that each of 69 current Nigerian senators will receive a ₦50 million lump sum to acquire new cars for himself/herself.

Believe it or not, the 9^th Nigerian Senate will be spending ₦5.5 billion on purchase of cars alone

This new budget is approximately 15% higher than the ₦4 billion spent by the 8^th Senate under the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki – that had each senator purchasing a brand-new car worth ₦36 million each with two extra cars added.

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A twitter handle with username “BudgIT Nigeria” laments how the ₦5.5 billion car purchase allowance is too much

Ever since the year 2012, the budget for Nigerian senators’ car purchase has been increasing at an alarming rate to date.

Do you agree with the twitter handle “BudgIT Nigeria” that this ₦5.5 billion is too much?

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