Buhari rejects #400m cars

President Muhammadu Buhari has turned
down a proposal to buy new cars for his
use, saying that he would


 stick to the
vehicles former President Goodluck
Jonathan left behind.
The proposal from the Aso Rock
bureaucracy is for Buhari to approve
the purchase of five customised
armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222)
cars of about 400 million naira.
It was learnt that President Buhari
rejected the proposal on
Wednesday when he received briefings
from the Permanent Secretary (State
House), Mr Nebolisa Emodi.
The President has been receiving
briefings from permanent secretaries
since the beginning of the week on the
activities of the ministries.
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 not
be due for delivery until after he might
have left the office.
Buhari, according to sources, told the
Permanent Secretary that the cars left
behind by 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
this was rampant in the last
administration.