THE Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday raised a nine-man ad-hoc committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses valued
at N45 billion by the administration of the immediate past Governor of the State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.
According the legislature, the governor went ahead to buy the buses despite objection by the Assembly. The lawmaker said: “In the 2018 and 2019 budgets, the state government proposed N24 billion and N7 billion respectively, but these were not approved.“The state government still went ahead to import 820 buses at N7 billion, and out of them 520 are still awaiting clearance at the ports.Yishawu added that the House was worried that 520 buses were still awaiting clearance from the bonded warehouse at the Port and that they were purchased with taxpayers’ money without approval.
Obasa noted that contrary to the practice in the state, Ambode’s administration delved into operation, when “we should be the regulators of transporters, the state should not operate buses. He also told the panel to invite the current Commissioner for Finance, the Managing Director of LAMATA and others.
“We need to investigate the issue and whoever is culpable should refund money to the government. By getting ISPO without budgetary approval should attract punishment.”
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