However, a member of All Progressive Congress(APC), also claimed that the National Assembly did not purchase official vehicles for all the senators.

He said the official luxury vehicles are bought for only committees of the National Assembly for official duties.

Again, Mr Kalu’s claim is contrary to what the Senate said last year before going ahead to purchase the vehicles for the lawmakers.

Last October, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Services, Sunday Karimi, confirmed that leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly bought luxury vehicles for all the lawmakers.

Mr Karimi told journalists in Abuja that the National Assembly decided to buy the luxury cars for lawmakers because they wanted vehicles that would not only be durable on Nigerian roads but also be easy to maintain for four years.

But, Mr Kalu said it is false.

“These are just rumours. I am a businessman, I don’t have a vehicle given to me. The vehicles are bought for the Senate committees. Senators are provided with committee vehicles. My committee got a vehicle and I don’t own it, and anybody who belongs to the committee can use the vehicle.

“Some government appointees use five to six vehicles, and nobody talks about it and the legislators are doing a lot to see that Nigerian people are carried along.

“We are the elected officials whocan be easily reached. If someone is sick or someone’s child can’t pay his or her school fees they cry to us. The committees get vehicles and no lawmaker owns any vehicle,” he said.