Yusuf Idris, the Director-General, Press Affairs to the Governor Bello Matawalle disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Tuesday.Mr Idris, who did not disclose how much the vehicles cost the government, said the vehicles were presented to lawmakers by the governor last week.
“This is in addition to other vehicles given to the Principal Officers of the House earlier by Governor Matawalle”, he said.Mr Idris said the state government under Governor Bello Matawalle is committed to maintaining a good relationship with all arms of government for the development of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the state House of assembly, Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, denied the allegation that the vehicles were given to the lawmakers on loan.“Apart from one official vehicle to each of the 24 lawmakers, each of the Six Principal officers of the House is also entitled to Prado Jeep”, the PRO said.
An official of the state House of Assembly, who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said the 24 vehicles cost the state government N420 million.
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