{"id":3732,"date":"2023-10-24T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:02:27","slug":"senate-defends-purchase-of-durable-vehicles-for-lawmakers-amid-economic-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/10\/24\/senate-defends-purchase-of-durable-vehicles-for-lawmakers-amid-economic-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Defends Purchase of Durable Vehicles for Lawmakers Amid Economic Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has offered a rationale for its planned acquisition of luxury vehicles for lawmakers, emphasizing the need for durability on Nigerian roads and long-term maintenance, despite the economic challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Karimi, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, addressed journalists in Abuja and clarified the decision behind procuring these vehicles. He stated that the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly had made the choice to purchase luxury cars for lawmakers based on a comparative analysis of cost-effectiveness and the necessity for vehicles that can withstand the conditions of Nigerian roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karimi explained, &#8220;We want something that we can maintain for another four years. And the issue of buying vehicles for the National Assembly, you know it is a recurring issue, it occurs every assembly, it will always come up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate&#8217;s decision to procure these vehicles has sparked public criticism due to the challenging economic conditions facing Nigerians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has offered a rationale for its planned acquisition of luxury vehicles for lawmakers, emphasizing the need for durability on Nigerian roads and long-term maintenance, despite the economic challenges facing the country. &nbsp; Sunday Karimi, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, addressed journalists in Abuja and clarified the decision behind procuring these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}