Presidential Yacht: Nigerians Reaping Consequences Of Voting Tinubu – Adebayo

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said Nigerians are reaping the consequence of voting for President Bola Tinubu following the controversy surrounding the 2023 Supplementary Budget.

Naija News reports that the Federal Government, in the supplementary budget, plans to spend ₦2.6 billion on utility vehicles for the Presidential Villa, and another ₦6.2 billion for cars in the State House pool.

Also, the government revealed plans to spend ₦5 billion for new cars in the Office of the First Lady and ₦5.5 billion to procure a Presidential Yacht, which will be managed by the Nigerian Navy.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, Adebayo advised Nigerians to bear the luxury and extravagant lifestyles of Tinubu and other political leaders because they voted for them.

Adebayo said the problem with Nigeria has never been that of lack of money but that of leadership, adding that the people ought to accept that the way a politician campaigns is the way he intends to govern.

He said: “I have said many times that votes have consequences. If you are voting emperors, you will have imperial budgets.

“Did the expensive grand campaign they did show that they were coming to govern people who can hardly feed once or twice a day? We have to make up our minds what kind of government we want to run because this is an imperial system that is not supportable by the economic base and not supportable by the average livelihood of the Nigerian people.”