The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved a request from Governor Douye Diri for a N2.
9bn loan “to buy operational vehicles for the governor, deputy governor and other top government functionaries.”
Bubou-Obolo, who is the immediate past speaker of the assembly, said the proposed facility had repayment tenure of 36 months. “I hereby move that this House do approve the request sent to us in order to enable the contractor to supply the needed vehicles for the office of the governor, deputy governor, top government functionaries and other Very Important Persons as required.”
Diri was inaugurated on February 14 after the Supreme Court nullified the election of the former governor-elect, David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress.Meanwhile, the assembly has called on the state Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to come up with measures to prevent a possible outbreak of corona virus in the state.
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