Ambode In Trouble, Lagos Assembly Probes Purchase Of 820 Vehicles

All seem not to be settling well with former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode following the setting up of an investigation panel to probe the purchase of 820 buses by his administration.

The House stated that it decided to investigate the purchase of the 820 buses out of the 5,000 buses proposed by Ambode for mass transit because the lawmakers had objected to it.

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Member representing Eti Osa 2, Gbolahan Yishawu, in a motion titled, ‘Lagos State House of Assembly Motion Number 2, said the executive proposed to spend N17bn to purchase the buses in the 2017 budget, which was not approved by the Assembly.

“In the 2018 and 2019 budgets, the state government proposed N24bn and N7bn respectively, but these were not approved.

“The state government still went ahead to import 820 buses at N7bn, and out of them, 520 are still awaiting clearance at the ports,” he said.

He added that the House was worried that 520 buses were still awaiting clearance from the bonded warehouse and that they were purchased with taxpayers’ money without approval.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had also visited the home of the home of the ex-governor in Lagos and said it was in connection of an “ongoing investigation”

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