President Muhammadu Buhari has turned down a proposal to buy new cars for his use. He will stick to the vehicles he inherited from former President Goodluck Jonathan, The Nation has learnt.
The proposal from the Aso Rock bureaucracy is for Buhari 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.
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 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.
“I don’t need new cars. The ones I’m using now are just fine,” the source reported the president as saying.
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