Inauguration Of 9th Assembly, We Spent Only N1.130m To Print Invitation Cards Not N258m
The Lagos State House of Assembly has reacted to a report in Sahara Reporters which claimed that the House spent N258, 835.000 for the printing of invitation cards for the inauguration of the 9th Assembly.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Assembly, Tolani Abati in a statement he signed Friday stated that Sahara Reporters goofed as the Assembly spent only N1.130m for the printing of the cards
‘Our attention has been called to another set of fake reports carried out again by Sahara Reporters, an online medium that has become infamous for blackmailing people rather than follow the true dictates of media ethics.
‘Its latest series of deliberate falsehoods is coming days after we came out with proof that the medium lied in its claim that the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, spends N17 million to maintain his office and personal apartment.
‘Let us start with its latest disparaging story about how the Speaker supposedly approved N258,835,000 to print invitation two months after the inauguration of the 9th Assembly.
It can only take a gullible Nigerian to believe a story of this nature. One would think that the writer was not in his right frame of mind as he put his pen to paper.
‘What was approved for the printing of the invitation cards for the event was just N1,130,000. But how Sahara Reporters arrived at N258,835,000 beats the imagination of any sane person.
‘For the avoidance of doubt, the entire inauguration of the 9th Assembly can be summed into a total of N61.3 million as the document accompanying this response shows.
‘ A breakdown of the expenses is also glaring for every discerning mind to see that Sahara Reporters is nothing but a tool for blackmail.’ Abati stated.