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I Have Not Purchased Any Official Car Since I Became Governor – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said he has not purchased any official car for himself since he assumed office.
He said his official vehicles, including bulletproof Lexus LX 570 and the armoured Range Rover Sentinel, are the cars he used during his campaigns.
He urge other governors to do away with unnecessary spending, stressing the need for better utilisation of taxpayers’ money.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said he has not purchased any official car for himself since he assumed office in May 2019.
Sanwo-Olu revealed this at the 22nd Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island in Lagos.
While urging other governors to do away with unnecessary spending, Sanwo-Olu stressed the need for better utilisation of taxpayers’ money to meet the basic needs of the people.
Armoured Range Rover Sentinel SUV
In a statement released on Thursday by the Lagos State government titled : ‘Sanwo-Olu : Why I refused to acquire new vehicles as governor’, the Governor said :
“We need to look at our expenditure profile as chief executive of our state and ask ourselves, where can I cut the red tape; what can I do away with so as to increase the revenue of my state or even make available more money for my state?
Bulletproof Lexus LX 570 SUV
“What I have done till date is that I have not purchased any single official vehicle for myself, for any of my personal staff or any of my family members from the government purse. If you see me have a convoy of 10 vehicles, these are all vehicles I was using during my campaigns.”
“Governor Nasir el-Rufai joined me in one of my cars this morning and I can tell you that vehicle was one of the vehicles I used for my campaign; it is not brand new.”
“So, I said to my people that, it is not a fanciful thing that every governor must begin to buy brand new vehicles when you do not need to. So, all of those millions have gone back into the treasury of the state and we are using it to develop the state very well.”
Since he became the executive Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo-Olu has used the bulletproof Lexus LX 570 and an armoured Range Rover Sentinel as his official cars.
