The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, who disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in the Presidential Villa, said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the spending.
The Nigerian Government has approved the sum of N1.03 billion for the Police Force to spend on fuel while N1.2 billion was also approved to be expended on buying of new Toyota Prado, Land Cruiser and Camry vehicles.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, who disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in the Presidential Villa, said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the spending.
The minister said over N1 billion naira will be spent on over 5 million litres of fuel for the vehicles.
“I’m happy to announce that the Federal Executive Council has today approved the award of contract for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund for the supply of vehicles and insurance cover for several other vehicles at a total cost of N4, 541,829.17,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Dingyadi as saying.
“The vehicles consist of Land Cruisers, Toyota Prado 2021 model and Toyota Camry. The land cruisers are about eight in number, while the Prado are eight in number also, and then the Toyota Camry vehicles are about 44 in number. The vehicles will be supplied at the cost of N1,200,400,000.24. The cost of fuelling of the vehicles has also been approved at the total cost of about 5,093,770 litres at the cost of N1,039,169,880 respectively.”
The minister added that police personnel will use the vehicles for patrols and tactical operations amid the fight against insecurity in the country.
He said between 2020 and 2022, the insurance cover for the vehicles purchased by the PTF involving about 450 “assorted vehicles for that matter,” amounted to the sum of N812,309,823.93.
“This is what has been approved for the Police Trust Fund at the just concluded Federal Executive Council,” he added.