I don’t have official car – Jonathan’s aide

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan
on Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibril, lamented in
Akure on Monday that she had been having
difficulties in travelling outside Abuja for her official
engagements as she no longer has an official vehicle.
Jubril said, "No new vehicle was provided for my
office since the one given to me on my appointment
had an accident sometimes ago."
Jibril, a presidential aspirant of the People
Democratic Party in 2011, stated this while
explaining reasons for her lateness to a lecture she
delivered during the 2012 Week of the National
Association of Women Journalists, Ondo State
chapter, on Monday evening.
The Special Adviser said she had to compel NAWOJ to
provide a vehicle that would take her to the NUJ Press
Centre, venue of the lecture since she had no official
vehicle.
Our correspondent learnt that the condition given by
Jibril forced the NAWOJ to pay a car hire firm N100,00
for a Toyota Avalon car to bring her to Akure on
Sunday and return her to Abuja on Monday
immediately after the programme.
It was learnt that the vehicle had an accident on the
Okene-Lokoja Road and the company had to send
another car from Akure.
The special adviser said she had been using her old
Toyota SUV which she said could not withstand long
distance journey.
Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Olukemi
Mimiko, who was the Special Guest on the occasion,
made arrangement for a vehicle to take her back to
Abuja on Tuesday.
Jubril delivered her lecture titled 'Peaceful Political
Co-Existence, Ingredient for Sustainable Democracy:
The Role of Women', at the event.
She noted that women, as mothers and carriers of
life, could help change various challenging situation
in the country with fasting and ardent prayers for
restoration of peace and harmony in our nation.