The lower house of the Nigerian parliament has rejected a plan to buy a $6 million luxury yacht for president Bola Tinubu.
The request for a $6 million luxury yacht by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who promised to reduce waste and solve livelihood problems when coming to power in May, was rejected by the lower house of the Nigerian parliament. Stating that such an expense cannot be made while the public is hungry, the MPs decided to give 6 million dollars as a loan to students.
In Nigeria, which is experiencing an economic crisis in which inflation has risen to 26 percent and the currency has lost value against the dollar, the president’s request for a $6 million luxury yacht has caused criticism. The request of President Bola Tinubu, who promised to reduce waste and solve livelihood problems when coming to power in May, was rejected by the lower house of the Nigerian parliament. Deputies changed this expenditure in the budget proposal and decided to give 6 million dollars as loans to students.
“You cannot buy a yacht for the leader of the country while the poor people are struggling to survive in a canoe,” said human rights activist and former MP Shenu Sani.
Nigeria Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) also said, “This yacht purchase cannot be justified in any way while 137 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty.”
“This request came from the navy”
On the other hand, Tinubu’s spokesperson, Temitope Ajayi, said that the request to buy a yacht came from the navy and was not directly related to Tinubu. “As far as I know, regardless of how it is mentioned in the budget, this request came from the navy and of course they have an operational justification,” Ajayi said. said.
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