The senator said the public condemnation of its planned purchase of sports utility vehicles amounting to N5.5bn for the senators, is an insult. “What is the problem there? It is an insult to say that a Senator of the Federal Republic cannot ride a jeep in Nigeria. It is an insult. “The N5.5bn is from the National Assembly fund and it is budgeted for every year which they will pay back at the end of the tenure. “I was a permanent secretary. I know what ministers get, we cannot even compare ourselves to ministers because we are higher than the minister. “For you to say that a Senator of the Federal Republic cannot drive a jeep today, come on, that is an insult. “Go and tell the people that the work that we do, is more than the work of ministers. “The weight that is on me today, there is no minister of the Federal Republic that has it,” Punch quoted.
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