Hyogo Prefecture has announced that it has canceled the Governor's official car "Century," which was criticized for its high leasing fees.
In the future, we plan to switch to a one-box car, which will save about 7 million yen.
In Hyogo prefecture, Governor Ido was in office, and he adopted the luxury car "Century" as the governor's official car.
Under these circumstances, Governor Saito, who took office in August, expressed his intention to review it, and in response to this, Hyogo Prefecture announced that it had canceled the lease contract on the 7th.
The company plans to use a one-box hybrid car for the new official car, and will decide the model to be leased by bidding.
According to Hyogo Prefecture, a liquidation fee of 2.4 million yen will be charged due to the cancellation of "Century", but the leasing fee for new public cars will be kept low, which will lead to a cost reduction of 6.85 million yen over the next five years. increase.
Mr. Goji Harada, Director General of the Hyogo Prefectural Planning and Prefectural Citizens' Department, said, "There is also the idea of Governor Saito, and it is appropriate to change the official car from the viewpoint of cost reduction and ease of meetings in the car. I did. "