I got N2m not N2bn for rechargable fans – Lagos deputy governor Hamzat
The deputy governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat has cleared his name over a procurement report that he got a huge sum of N2bn to purchase rechargable fans, lights and fridges. He called the report “mischievous”.
Lagos State, the commercial hub of the country, has come under serious scrutiny over its spending. Social media users have queried how the state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over bloated the budget with expenses that don’t concern the people of the state.
Apart from putting the records straight, Mr. Hamzat also said that his wife collected a sum of N2.5m for her monthly programme for indigents of the state.
Hamzat in a memo signed by Director, Finance and Account, Tola Ekemode on behalf the Permanent Secretary in the office of the deputy governor, said the report by the agency was untrue, mischievous, fake and unfounded.
The memo reads, “It is important to state that truly, the office did get approval and awarded the provision of supply items (rechargeable fans, rechargeable lights and fridges) for the sum of =N=2,017,840 (Two Million, Seventeen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty Naira) as against the =N=2,017,840,000 (Two Billion, Seventeen Million, Eight Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira as reported by Doherty in his purported letter
“In addition, the report that the office through the Wife of the Deputy Governor spent =N=30,000,000 monthly for outreach to indigents is inaccurate as the amount stated covered the whole year. It is =N=2,500,000 per month. Same for the Empowerment programme by the Wife of the Deputy Governor which also =N=2,500,000 per month as against =N=30,000,000 monthly reported.”
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