Regardless of 2.46m poor persons , Jigawa to buy N400m Toyota Prado, other vehicles for speaker, deputy, others in 2025
By Aminu Abubakar
A SolaceBase review of the Jigawa State government 2025 budget estimates shows that a sum of N100 million is planned to be spent on purchasing Toyota Prado for the Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly in 2025.
Another sum of N100 million is earmarked for two vehicles meant for the purchase of a speaker and deputy speaker of the house.
Also, another sum of N100 million is planned to be used to purchase two number motor vehicles for the clerk and deputy Clerk of the House of Assembly while another N100 million is planned to be used to purchase eight numbered vehicles for directors in the House of Assembly.
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The budget reads that these vehicles are meant to be “fairly used”, however, they are planned to cost N12.5 million each.
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This would mean N400 million is planned for vehicles for the speaker, deputy speaker and other top staff of the Assembly in 2025.
The sum of N400 million planned to be used for the purchase of vehicles for the speaker and deputy speaker can also be used to construct forty-four simple solar, as the state planned N9 million for one simple solar in 2025.
The amount can also be used to provide hand pump spare parts four times the state’s budget for 2025, the state budgeted N100 million for the purchase of hand pump spare parts.
The state also planned to construct one hand pump at N2.7 million, meaning that 148 hand pumps can be constructed through the monies.
Other expenditures on the document include: N7 million for ten numbers of refrigerators in the House of Assembly, and twelve numbers standing fans are earmarked to cost N2.4 million, meaning that each standing fan is expected to cost N200,000.
The state House of Assembly also plans to spend N2.2 million on four digital cameras.
This is even as another N100 million has been budgeted for two motor vehicles meant for the Speaker of the House and the Deputy Speaker.
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Another review of the 2025 proposed budget estimates of Jigawa state, shows that a sum of N200 million has been earmarked for purchase of four rider bikes for the government house.
By this budgeted amount, it would mean that a sum of N50 million is being planned to be spent on each Bike by the government.
Rider Bikes are usually on a government-figure motorcade.
This is even as the state government plans to spend N1 billion on official and utility vehicles for the government house, another sum of N300 million was budgeted for office furniture and equipment in the government house.
The state government also planned to spend N100 million to construct a presidential annex lodge while spending another N50 million for furnishing.
Between Q1 and Q3,2024, a review of budget performance documents of the state shows that a sum of N246 million was spent on renovating the Government House Presidential Lodge in Dutse.
Another sum of N291 million was spent to renovate the governor’s house and other sections of the governor’s house.
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These expenditures are despite the fact that there are 2.46 million poor persons in Jigawa State, 43% of children who are of school age are also not in school, 73% of households in the state lack access to sanitary facilities while another 12% lack access to clean drinking water per data published by the Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index of the State.
This development also comes amid concerns on the revenue generation capacity of states in the country.
Nigerian states heavily rely on federally distributed revenue and loans to meet their fiscal responsibility.
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