According to a report, it cost taxpayers in Nigeria a whopping N50 million for nine governors; both from All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party, including the APC chairman, John Oyegun and Aviation Minister Rotimi Amaechi to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London who has been on medical vacation in London since May 7. The report while analysing more details further revealed that the same amount could have been used to pay for the West Africa Examination Council fee of over 4,000 candidates in Kogi or Zamfara State, or build at least two blocks of 10 classrooms in Oyo State. Also, the estimated amount spent by six governors who left yesterday to see Buhari in London led by the Zamfara governor who is the chairman of the Governors Forum is said to cost $9800 just for a first class British Airway return ticket per person. At the official rate of N315 to a dollar, the airfare of each governor amounts to N3 million. For the 12 visitors, the airfare therefore adds up to N37 million. Meanwhile, It was learnt that most Nigerian politicians, who visit metropolitan London, lodge at Hilton Hotel on Parklane. And the Abuja House, the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom where President Buhari is being accommodated since May, is 17 minutes’ drive to the Hilton hotel on Parklane. The least room rate at Hilton is 332 pounds per night. But Hilton Cosmopolitan Suite is considered the preference of most Nigerian VIPs. Currently, the rate is 2000 pounds per night. At N411 to a pound, each governor would be spending over N800, 000 per night. For the 12 visitors, the total rent is almost N10 million. By the time the feeding expenses are added, the governors’ visit to London would cost Nigerians about N50 million. Other public officials who have recently visited Buhari in London were the acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Early in the year, the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, had said it was needless for state governors to abandon their responsibilities and travel to London to visit the ailing president. Yari has gone back on his words. He led his fellow governors to Abuja House in London yesterday. List of governors and other party leaders who have visited President Buhari in London are:
Rochas Okorocha (Imo) Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa) Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) Yahaya Bello (Kogi) Aviation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi Party Chairman, John Oyegun Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara) and Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo). Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
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Posted: at 26-07-2017 02:10 PM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero
50 Million Naira Is A Triffle Kobo Compared To What Dame Patient Jonathan Usually Spent On Shopping Trips To Dubai.So Leave APC Alone And Pray For PMB's Full Recovery Rather Than Judge Carelessly.So Hopeless.Carelessly Hopeless.
Posted: at 26-07-2017 08:10 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
fineboy77 at 26-07-2017 08:50 PM (6 years ago) (m)
Quote from: tegonwa on 26-07-2017 08:10 PM
50 Million Naira Is A Triffle Kobo Compared To What Dame Patient Jonathan Usually Spent On Shopping Trips To Dubai.So Leave APC Alone And Pray For PMB's Full Recovery Rather Than Judge Carelessly.So Hopeless.Carelessly Hopeless.
ARE YOU STUPID?
What is the color beneath your skin?
Posted: at 26-07-2017 08:50 PM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Sorry sir.No we were stupid. We were hopelessly stupid all through the sixteen years of PDP rule.Put poverty aside...my guy let two of us pretend we are rich now ok for the purpose of political analysis. What is 50 million compared to the 200 million Naira which one minister spent buying two bullet proof cars under GEJ?
Posted: at 27-07-2017 02:19 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
DAMILARE100 at 27-07-2017 07:37 AM (6 years ago) (m)
Quote from: tegonwa on 26-07-2017 08:10 PM
50 Million Naira Is A Triffle Kobo Compared To What Dame Patient Jonathan Usually Spent On Shopping Trips To Dubai.So Leave APC Alone And Pray For PMB's Full Recovery Rather Than Judge Carelessly.So Hopeless.Carelessly Hopeless.
See Nigeria future........... Can believe this is coming out of human being
Posted: at 27-07-2017 07:37 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
See Nigeria future........... Can believe this is coming out of human being
My Dear, Sorry Sir 50 Million Naira(not Dollars) For A Delegate Of Thirteen People To The UK Is NOT Too Staggering As Compared To What We Used To Hear In The Past.Please Search Through Naija Pals' News Bits And Tell Me The Millions Of Dollars Which The Former Minister Of Petroleum Splashed On Property Purchase In The US.What Is 50million Naira Here?
Posted: at 27-07-2017 07:59 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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