Presidential yacht ordered by Navy under Buhari — Presidency

The Presidency said on Thursday the presidential yacht listed in the 2023 supplementary budget was not for President Bola Tinubu’s personal use.

The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja.

He was reacting to the criticism trailing the inclusion of an item termed presidential yacht and others in the budget presented to the National Assembly.

Onanuga said the presidential yacht mentioned in the budget was an operational naval boat used for high-profile operations and not for the president’s use.

He added that the boat was ordered by the Navy during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

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The statement read: “The Navy ordered the Naval boat under the previous administration.

“The item named as a presidential yacht in the budget is an operational Naval boat with specialised security gadgets suitable for high profile operational inspection and not for the use of the President.

“President Tinubu has consistently said that government is a continuum as he inherited both assets and liabilities of past administrations.

“The payment request for the boat was part of the committed obligation submitted by the office of the Chief of Naval Staff to the Ministry of Defence. The total of the submitted requests was in excess of N200 billion out of which N62 billion was approved by the President.”

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