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Abia State Budget Shows Governor Otti Budgeted N1.5billion For ‘Purchase Of Two Toyota Hilux’ For His Office


February 3, 2024

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SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Otti proposed to spend a total sum of N13 billion on the purchase of cars, vans, trucks and buses in 2024.

 
A total of N1.5billion will be spent by the Governor Alex Otti’s administration in Abia State for the purchase of “two number of Toyota Hilux” in 2024, a copy of the state’s 2024 approved budget seen by SaharaReporters has revealed.

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Otti proposed to spend a total sum of N13 billion on the purchase of cars, vans, trucks and buses in 2024.

Otti on December 28, 2023, assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N567.2 billion.

In the breakdown of the budget, N5,946,756,437 was budgeted for the purchase of motor vehicles, N2,704,980,600 for the purchase of vans, N949,000,000 for the purchase of trucks and N3,011,804,906 for the purchase of buses.

A further breakdown of the budget by SaharaReporters showed that N1.5 billion out of the N13 billion approved for vehicles will be used for “Purchase of 2 Number Toyota Hilux”.

The contract was captured under Total Capital Expenditure, Reform for Government and Governance, Office of the Governor.

This is the first time such amount would be budgeted for purchase of such vehicles in the last four years, a copy of the approved budget further revealed.

Another N712 million was also budgeted and approved by the state assembly for the “Purchase of 2 No of Nissan Trucks for Government House”.

The billions of Naira for the four vehicles was approved to be spent at a time when the state is borrowing to finance over 70 percent of the N567.2 billion budget for 2024.

SaharaReporters had reported that the approved budget had a deficit of around N400 billion which the state said would be financed with local and external borrowings.

The state’s revenue for 2024 in the budget was estimated at N166 billion which will be generated through grants from multilateral organisations, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), allocation from the Nigerian government and other income sources.

In 2023, SaharaReporters reported how Otti spent a whopping N927 million within three months on refreshments/meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances, and welfare packages for the eggheads.

About N737,922,661.25 was also spent to buy motor vehicles within this period. However, the quantity and the people the vehicles were bought for were never stated.
According to a copy of the state budget performance obtained by the newspaper, the governor spent N223,389,889.84 on refreshments/meals, while N305,400,000.00 was spent on honorarium and sitting allowance for government officials between July and September 2023.

The Otti-led government also claimed it spent N397,520,734.00 on welfare packages in the document.

Meanwhile, N362,804,050.00 was spent by the Abia government to purchase trucks and another N400,890,000.00 was used for the purchase of buses.

Also in the document, the government claimed that N252.4 million was used to run the Deputy Governor's office for 3 months.

The report however showed that only N25 million was spent by the government on the repair of public schools in the state despite that many public primary and secondary schools in the state are in bad shape.

According to multiple reports online, most public secondary and primary school buildings and facilities across the 17 local government areas of the state have aged and decayed over the government’s negligence.

Several school buildings are reportedly dilapidated with leaking roofs, broken furniture, doors and windows.

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https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/03/abia-state-budget-shows-governor-otti-budgeted-n15billion-purchase-two-toyota-hilux-his

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It's the responsibility of the media to act as checks and balances for our leaders else they will turn into something else.

Hmmm

Otti is a smart thief. Deceiving the gullibles.

What's with the Govt and vehicles?
All of them at all levels and arms love exotic vehicles.

This governor is a disgrace to labour party

Tg

Alex Otti is the best governor Abia ever had. Very prudent and focused. One of the good manifestos of Labour Party is cutting down cost. This type of cost cutting is what we want to replicate at the federal level. 1.5 billion for 2 hiluxes. At least, 1.2 billion will be saved in Alex Otti's personal account which is good for Abians.

Una go wail tire with una propaganda!







Abia State is in safe hands 👐 ♥

Supremos:
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It's the responsibility of the media to act as checks and balances for our leaders else they will turn into something else.

Lol, selective responsibility.

Tinubu budgeted 3bn for his wife cars, 10bn to renovate Aso rock, 5bn for yacht etc

You were no where to be found...we know what you are

No lie to yourselves tell me two thing this Alex Otti accomplished to prove he is beta than the failure Ikpeazu.

All Tru 8 years of Ikpeazu he never budgeted millions food like this failure nor did he buy cars worth billions.

Richtaiwo:
Alex Otti is the best governor Abia ever had. Very prudent and focused. One of the good manifestos of Labour Party is cutting down cost. This type of cost cutting is what we want to replicate at the federal level. 1.5 billion for 2 hiluxes. At least, 1.2 billion will be saved in Alex Otti's personal account which is good for Abians.

Clowns everywhere 🤣

Brendaniel:
If this is true, then Alex Otti needs to retrace his steps, how do you spend 25 million only to rehabilite schools and spend 1.5 billion to buy just 2 vehicles, let all Abians bombard the government on this, we need a system that works for the people and not a few in government office....

Lolzz, COMRADES why the negative focus on the only labour surviving governor?

aguluobi:
Clowns everywhere 🤣

Like Tinubu abi?

1billion for food and now this, he has turned Abians into celebrating drainages. Of course, his kinsmen would rather look away, they're more interested in raining insults on Governors of other regions.

I am not suprised one bit. I have always said that all Nigerian politicians are same especially if they belong to the ones below PDP APC LP, APGA and NNPP.

Otti (former APGA and former APC) campaigned using his own money. He needs to get them back with interests in multiple folds.

They said he's working because he's doing ordinary roads that other governors have done and are doing and they also said he shouldn't be criticised that he's a saint

I am waiting to hear from them if this madness is true and iam sure they reply this post lastest tuesday. Accountability is a must in abia state.

Brendaniel:
If this is true, then Alex Otti needs to retrace his steps, how do you spend 25 million only to rehabilite schools and spend 1.5 billion to buy just 2 vehicles, let all Abians bombard the government on this, we need a system that works for the people and not a few in government office....

Iam only waiting for their response latest by tuesday and if not then it is true, they cooked up a story the other time which they responded and the naysayers went mute so fingers are crossed

vanitybutiwanti:
They said he's working because he's doing ordinary roads that other governors have done and are doing and they also said he shouldn't be criticised that he's a saint

That fake dancing hajia (Aisha Yesufu) called Otti out recently on twitter. Obidient dragged her taya.

I was like this same Otti na APC man ooo till July 2022 or thereabouts. He is now a saint all because he changed party to quickly snatch the governorship from PDP 🤣

vanitybutiwanti:
They said he's working because he's doing ordinary roads that other governors have done and are doing and they also said he shouldn't be criticised that he's a saint

That didn't say,he is working so get a chill piil because i know this your utterance is coming with a whole lot -ve energy

Ozommadu:


Lol, selective responsibility.

Tinubu budgeted 3bn for his wife cars, 10bn to renovate Aso rock, 5bn for yacht etc

You were no where to be found...we know what you are

selective responsibility you say?.

Abu Nwafor Igbo. I won't stop working for the good of Igbo nation by holding our leaders accountable.

Artscollection:


That didn't say,he is working so get a chill piil because i know this your utterance is coming with a whole lot -ve energy

working what? Is it not road, I'm from Rivers and numerous road construction are ongoing at the moment without noise and fanfare, over 100km in length

chopnaira:

That fake dancing hajia (Aisha Yesufu) called Otti out recently on twitter. Obidient dragged her taya.

I was like this same Otti na APC man ooo till July 2022 or thereabouts. He is now a saint all because he changed party to quickly snatch the governorship from PDP 🤣

no mind them. Nobody wants a better Nigeria. People just want their preferred candidate to do the stealing while they look the other way. Over 70% of the current inhabitants of Nigeria has to die for the country to move forward

Supremos:
selective responsibility you say?.

Abu Nwafor Igbo. I won't stop working for the good of Igbo nation by holding our leaders accountable.

A bu m nwafor Igbos, but na bad news about your region you dey report?? Dey deceive yourself.

Have you seen freestuffng, yarimo, obiedun, seunmsg,corrinthians etc make a thread about any minimal ill news about SW??

Artscollection:


Iam only waiting for their response latest by tuesday and if not then it is true, they cooked up a story the other time which they responded and the naysayers went mute so fingers are crossed

You will not bother to wait for response if it's another governor.

Hi

Well!
Am not a fan of otti
Because I believe he is used to extravagant life, as a big man who owns a bank

Nevertheless last week
He started the construction of 64km road the umuahia to arochukwu road,he also started over 40 km road from imo state portion of IMO river
to obingwa in ABA!
The funny but annoying thing is that he started the dualization across the river
Like from IMO state axis, this is like an embarrassment to imo gov
If actually we get shame for this country

With this and more
I don't think Abia is bad hands

muykem:
You will not bother to wait for response if it's another governor.

Because they usually don't respond with details, last time was he doesn't patronise innoson vehicles but the nay sayers where so dumb that they didn't realize that one his official vehicle was innoson product and innoson did refute the alleged false claim. Iam a stakeholder in the state and i know what we went through since the yr 1999 and this idiots where no where to be found but now that we have someone that is creating a different part for abians they all found their blunt pen.

Ozommadu:


A bu m nwafor Igbos, but na bad news about your region you dey report?? Dey deceive yourself.

Have you seen freestuffng, yarimo, obiedun, seunmsg,corrinthians etc make a thread about any minimal ill news about SW??

Na waoh. You are calling him out for not being a bigot. As per your concern, it's okay to steal and aslong as it's happening in Alaigbo, no one should report it.

In your mind, he should be posting agenda news like the Owerri boy using the usernames of ibadanpikin aka Princeoflagos aka tajudeenamao aka Timiofede aka Omofiditi

Nigercity:
Well!
Am not a fan of otti
Because I believe he is used to extravagant life, as a big man who owns a bank

Nevertheless last week
He started the construction of 64km umuahia to arochukwu road,he also started over 40 km road from imo state portion of IMO river
to obingwa in ABA!
The funny but annoying thing is that he started the dualization across the river
Like from IMO state axis, this is like an embarrassment to imo gov
If actually we get shame for this country

With this and more
I don't think Abia is bad hands

I have learnt to be more careful when success comes my way, nobody was giving out detailed info about previous rogues that raped abia then suddenly some writers are now digging abia budget like say na another thing. Dude is showing all working and enemies can't make mockery of abia anymore.