The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said the Federal Government would at the appropriate time convert the new official residence being built for the Vice-President to another use.
Osinbajo said this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, amidst continued criticism of the project which is expected to gulp over N7bn.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye, had disclosed recently that only the security post, also known as the gateman’s house, in the building would gulp N250m.
But Akande said the decision to build the new residence and the controversial gatehouse preceded the present administration.
He said Osinbajo’s position had remained that his present official residence, Akinola Aguda House, was good enough for him.
Akande gave an indication that the 14 buildings in the complex which is already at about 85 per cent completion stage would be used for another purpose.
The statement read, “For the umpteenth time, we like to clarify that the proposed plan of the immediate past administration to build a new official residence for the occupant of the Office of the Vice-President, including the controversial gatehouse preceded this administration.
“The project, which started in 2010, was initiated and funded by the immediate past administration, but had never featured in the two budget proposals of the Buhari administration: neither in the 2016 nor the 2017 spending plans.”
Credit: Punch
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