Squandermania (50s)

£300,000 for new minsters’ residences – Sunday Times – November 18, 1956 Nigeria’s ten Federal Ministers are to get new houses, and the Nigerian taxpayer  So for £30,000 each they will now have houses with: Two Large Bedrooms A dormitory for six (yes 6) Two Living Rooms A guest wing with bedroom and living room Laundry Kitchen Pantry Office Two Store rooms Two dressing rooms upstairs  Optional additional wive’s quarters And a two-car garage

£300,000 for new minsters’ residences – Sunday Times – November 18, 1956

Nigeria’s ten Federal Ministers are to get new houses, and the Nigerian taxpayer 

So for £30,000 each they will now have houses with:

  • Two Large Bedrooms
  • A dormitory for six (yes 6)
  • Two Living Rooms
  • A guest wing with bedroom and living room
  • Laundry
  • Kitchen
  • Pantry
  • Office
  • Two Store rooms
  • Two dressing rooms upstairs 
  • Optional additional wive’s quarters
  • And a two-car garage
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