REPS BEGIN DISTRIBUTION OF EXOTIC CARS AMID COVID-19 CRISIS

The House of Representatives has commenced taking delivery and distribution of the Toyota Camry 2020 model cars acquired for members as official cars. The House reportedly procured the V6 Limited Edition variant of the car.

The legislators had at an executive (closed-door) session on February 5, 2020, resolved to purchase 400 units of the exotic car. However, the lawmakers did not divulge the cost of each unit as the contract for the supply was reportedly not awarded to accredited Toyota dealers.

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According to the Toyota website, each of the vehicles – depending on the variant, has a price tag of between US$25,000 to US $35,000, excluding the cost of shipping and custom duties, which is about 100 per cent of the actual cost of each unit.

About 14 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sports utility vehicles have already been handed out to presiding as well as other principal officers and chairmen of select House committees.

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According to Punch Newspapers, an anonymous source aisclosed, “100 cars have already arrived and they are sharing them to new members who are not chairmen and deputy chairmen (of committees). The next batch will be for returning (ranking) members who are neither chairmen nor deputy chairmen. The last batch will go to ranking member with appointments."

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The Committee on House Services and the National Assembly Management, led by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, had constituted a joint committee to oversee the acquisition, verification and distribution to the lawmakers.

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