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Following the outrage over the provision for a presidential yacht and other line items in the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation presented to the National Assembly, the presidency has provided some clarifications.
“We need to make clear that President Bola Tinubu’s administration respects the views of Nigerians on all matters of public concern,” he added.1. What was named a presidential yacht in the budget is an operational Naval boat with specialized security gadgets suitable for high-profile operational inspection and not for the president’s use. It is called a presidential yacht by way of vocabulary because of its high-level security features.
3. The payment request for the boat was part of the committed obligation submitted by the office of the Chief of Naval Staff to the Ministry of Defence. The total of the submitted requests was over N200 billion, of which the president approved N62 billion.
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