Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has attributed the controversial figure of N1.5 billion for the purchase of two Hilux vans to a software glitch generated by the Excel package used in preparing the budget document.
Otti made the clarification on Tuesday when answering questions from journalists.
An online news platform had reported that the state government budgeted N1.5 billion for the purchase of “two Toyota Hilux”.
In the said report, the breakdown of the budget showed N5,946,756,437 was voted for the purchase of motor vehicles, N2,704,980,600 for the purchase of vans, N949,000,000 for the purchase of trucks, and N3,011,804,906 for the purchase of buses.