Bello El-Rufai, eldest son of former Kaduna State Governor and chairman of Senate Committee on Banking, has protested the purchase of vehicles, computers, utensils and other items in every budget circle of the government.
In the N49.7 trillion budget submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday December 17, the presidency proposed the sum of N164.9 million on buying tyres for State House bullet proof vehicles, plain cars and Jeeps.
In 2024 supplementary budget, the presidency allocated N6.9 billion for the procurement of vehicles for the State House, and N1.5 billion allocated for new cars for the Office of the First Lady.
Speaking on the recurrence of such items as cars, computers, utensils and others in every budget circle, Bello El-Rufai said it is wasteful and should be scrapped. He made the remarks during debate on the budget in the House of Representatives.
He said: “The recurring issue in every budget is the budget for vehicles. We budget for computers every year. We budget for utensils every year. Vehicles don’t expire. These are the little things we should look at otherwise the blocking of loopholes we talked about will not come.
“Since I was a child, the budget every year has come with new computers, new furniture. We should cut them out totally if we must block loopholes.”
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