President Muhammadu Buhari has turned down a proposal from the Aso Rock bureaucracy 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 briefings from the Permanent Secretary (State House), Mr. Nebolisa Emodi.
He directed that the proposal, which was first made to ex-President Jonathan, be dropped.Jonathan had advised that the plan be left for Buhari to approve since it was made in the twilight of his administration and the cars would be due for delivery till after he might have left the office.
Buhari, according to a sources, told the permanent secretary that the cars he inherited from the Jonathan administration were good enough for him.
He however approved the plan of the Permanent Secretary to reduce the operating costs of 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.
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