The former senator from Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has urged President Bola Tinubu to back out of the N5 billion presidential yacht purchase.
Sani based his appeal on the reality that Nigerians living in poverty are experiencing.
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According to OBASANJO NEWS24, the president asked the National Assembly to approve a supplemental budget for 2023 that contained a N5.095 billion plan to purchase a presidential boat.
Sani criticised the decision, writing on X: “The president need to immediately revoke the acquisition of that N5 billion Presidential Yacht.
“While their leader is yachting, the poor cannot be fighting for survival in a canoe.”
Omoyele Sowore, an activist, countered Tinubu’s claim that he was nurturing a gang of thieves.
“The @officialABAT dynasty of thieves!” Sowore wrote in a post on X. For a man who has never gone to a stream, they want to purchase a “Presidential Yacht” for N5 billion. For another man, who recently constructed a home spanning from Bourdillon to Queens Drive in Ikoyi, they want to rebuild a Presidential Lodge in Lagos for N4 billion!
“The joker was playing up his son Seyi’s sneaking into FEC meetings to trick the gullible.” #RevolutionAhead
