The Nigerian State House spent ₦244,654,350 on tyres in a single day.
Data from govspend, a portal tracking Presidential Villa expenditures, revealed that the payments were for an unspecified quantity of bulletproof and Westlake tyres, around the time the Bola Tinubu administration marked its first year in office.
Documents showed that the sums of ₦200,583,390, ₦38,070,000, and ₦6,000,960, were respectively paid for these items, on May 21, 2024.
Documents showed two separate payments for tyres: ₦200,583,390 for bulletproof vehicle tyres and ₦38,070,000 for five armored bulletproof tyres to Obi-Wealth Enterprises Nigeria Limited (RC-640684).
A search on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) website found the company inactive.
Hommy & Fay Investments Limited, active on the CAC portal, supplied an unspecified number of Westlake tyres (315/80R22) for ₦6,000,960.
Days ago, an exclusive report was released, and it revealed that about 200 Nigerian politicians and security officers have invested nearly $1 billion (₦1.49 trillion) in Dubai real estate over the past two decades.
The revelations are out at a time when the workers of the country are agitating for a New National Minimum Wage.
Report also made it known that the National Assembly might approve the sum of ₦70,000 as the wage for the least paid worker in the nation.
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Data Credit – Daily Trust, govspend
