N5bn Yacht: Presidency Blames Civil Servants, Says Navy Not Tinubu Requested Sailing Boat

In the wake of the public outcry over the N5 billion budget provision for a presidential yacht in the 2023 supplementary budget, the Presidency has issued a statement addressing the controversy.

The Presidency, in a statement by Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said President Bola Tinubu did not ask for a presidential yacht and that the Nigerian Navy made the request.