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Barely two weeks before handing over power to governor-elect,<\/a> Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, has approved N2 billion to purchase luxury vehicles for himself, his deputy, and their wives,\u00a0POLITICS NIGERIA<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The approval was made during the State Executive Council (SEC) and the memo for the purchase was presented and was speedily approved without any argument, a source revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernor Darius Ishaku in our last SEC meeting asked the council to approve a memo he presented for the purchase of vehicles for himself, his deputy and their wives and it was speedily approved without any argument,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0council reportedly argued that the governor and his deputy who\u00a0assumed office in 2019,\u00a0have been using old vehicles inherited from their predecessors\u00a0and\u00a0therefore deserve new vehicles from the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor and his wife will receive over N1.3 billion for the purchase of two Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs, two escort Toyota Hilux vehicles, and a utility vehicle. The deputy governor and his wife, on the other hand, were given over N750 million for the purchase of two lower versions of Land Cruiser SUVs, one escort vehicle, one SUV, and a utility car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barely two weeks before handing over power to governor-elect, Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, has approved N2 billion to purchase luxury vehicles for himself, his deputy, and their wives,\u00a0POLITICS NIGERIA\u00a0reports. The approval was made during the State Executive Council (SEC) and the memo for the purchase was presented and was speedily approved without any argument, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":74867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1393],"yoast_head":"\nOutgoing Taraba Gov Approves N2bn to Purchase Cars for Self, Deputy, Wives - Wikkitimes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wikkitimes.com\/outgoing-taraba-gov-approves-n2bn-to-purchase-cars-for-self-deputy-wives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Outgoing Taraba Gov Approves N2bn to Purchase Cars for Self, Deputy, Wives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barely two weeks before handing over power to governor-elect, Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, has approved N2 billion to purchase luxury vehicles for himself, his deputy, and their wives,\u00a0POLITICS NIGERIA\u00a0reports. 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