{"id":109050,"date":"2023-11-03T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109050"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:37:28","slug":"presidential-yacht-delivered-before-public-outcry-says-ndume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/presidential-yacht-delivered-before-public-outcry-says-ndume\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential yacht delivered before public outcry, says Ndume"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has clarified the issue bordering on the controversial Presidential yacht said to be worth about N5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Ndume made this clarification while speaking on the review of the supplementary budget on Arise Television\u2019s Morning show on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress Senator representing Borno South said the presidential yacht had been signed and delivered but not paid for before the public outcry, adding that the Senate has since added the required payment fee to the student loan budget.<\/p>\n<p>Ndume said, \u201cWe queried the amount budgeted for the yacht, but it was signed for a dollar rate, and the new rate isn\u2019t favourable. The budget was predicated for about N435, and now it is over N800.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Navy also clarified that it is not a new budget. And even the House of Representatives moved the budget to the Student loan. The deal for the yacht has been agreed, signed, and delivered but not paid for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the N160m for Land Cruiser SUV for each lawmaker in the National Assembly, the Chief Whip stressed that it is not a new thing for government workers to be buying vehicles for official duties.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the price of the vehicles was also affected by the volatility of the naira to dollar rate, adding that the vehicles are needed for the lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why we did not choose Nigerian-made cars is because they don\u2019t manufacture their vehicles, but they assemble them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prefer Nigerian-made products, but the Nigerian car companies are only buying the vehicle parts and assembling them here.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the reason for the SUVs is because most Nigerian roads are not motorable, adding that these vehicles are the only ones that could help them carry out their oversight functions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has clarified the issue bordering on the controversial Presidential yacht said to be worth about N5 billion. 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