Nigerian Senate Buys 36 Cars At N36.5m Each

The Chairman, Senate Services, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir on Tuesday revealed that the Senate has bought 36 Land Cruiser VXR V8 at N36.5 million each.

Senator Gobir explained that contrary to reports making the rounds that the Senate bought 108 cars for its members, only 36 cars were purchased by the upper chamber.

The Senator explained further that the decision to buy the cars as utility cars for its members on one per state basis was taken during a closed session decided.

The upper chamber also said no member has taken the car loan granted them at the inception of the Eight Senate.

The 36 cars at the rate of N36.5 million each cost about N1.314 billion.