In recent days, the traditional and online media have been agog with the news of the purchase and donation of 10 Toyota Land Cruisers V8 vehicles worth N1.4 billion to the Niger Republic and even denial by the so-called recipient country. In fact, the online media have so sensationalised it that anyone coming from planet Mars would think that this has never happened before in the history of Nigeria-Niger bilateral relations or with any of the neighbouring countries. I actually watched the news and sympathised with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, seeing how she was struggling very hard to defend the initiative which couldn’t have been her idea (nor is she in a position to either assess or recommend for approval).


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