If the President of the United States of America, the most powerful country on earth and the largest economy in the world uses just two Boeing airplanes (both are shown in the photo below) & one helicopter in his fleet, what is the President of Nigeria doing with about a dozen aircraft? Is he an angel flying to heaven? If the Pope, the head of the largest Christian Church on earth with over 1.2 billion members (that is almost 20% of the world's population) does not have his own private jet but flies Alitalia, the Italian national airline, what is a Nigerian cleric doing with three jets? If the President of Zimbabwe, who has ruled the country since 1980 uses a Boeing aircraft which is part of the national carrier (Air Zimbabwe) and he has to share the plane with passengers atimes, what is Governor Amaechi doing with a private jet?

If President Ian Khama of Botswana, the country with the highest Human Development Index in continental Sub-Saharan Africa and one of the fastest-growing economies on earth is using just one jet, what is President Jonathan doing with his garage of alonplanes? If the President of Egypt, the largest country in North Africa and the Arab World, the third-largest in Africa is using one private jet, what are our governors doing with fleets of private jets? If I list out the governors & ex-governors in Nigeria that have private jets, you go shock even though they are not paying salaries. If the President of Ghana flies just one Falcon EX 900 jet, what is our president doing with two Falcons, one Gulfstream and he wants another one, for what? Israel does not even have any private jet for their prime minister or president, anytime any Israeli Head of State wants to travel, the government leases an aircraft from El Al Israel Airlines Ltd, the national flag carrier of Israel and they pay. That is the same Israel that Jonathan will pack his fellow comedians like Suswam, Jang and Akpabio to go and do show while they refuse to pay salaries at home. And that makes sense to you, right? Japan is the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP and the world's fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity and also the world's fourth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer and the nation with the highest life expectancy on earth. But as rich as Japan is, they have just TWO jets for the Prime Minister, the Emperor, Empress and other members of the Imperial Family.

The most influential leader in the world, the President of Russia, has two Ilyushin Il-96-300PU jets for his use, and just in case you don't know, Russia has the largest mineral and gas deposits IN THE WORLD and is one of the largest producers of oil and gas in addition to being one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is the richest royal on earth yet na only ONE jet hin and hin entire family dey use. The King of Jordan uses one jet. The President of Kenya uses one. As unusual as North Korean leaders are, they use two. The Emir of Kuwait uses one. Namibia, one. South Africa, one. Luxembourg, one, and that is one of the richest nations on earth. Madagascar, one, which they just bought. Malaysia, one. Niger, one. Queen of England travels on chartered British Airways flights. So many world leaders use JUST ONE AIRCRAFT while some don't even have any presidential jet and many of them actually beg or lemme say hustle for lifts with their other president-friends, as in the case of President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi and his ally, President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda before the Falcon jet they were in was shot down in Kigali leading to the genocide in 1994. Very few countries of the world have a large presidential air fleet, Nigeria is one of them.

Oh, I forgot. The King of Saudi Arabia is one of the richest people on earth but guess how many aircraft he has for his use? TWO. And they are not even Falcons, they are 'ordinary' Boeing 747s. You may not agree o, but there is something wrong with our value system, and that is if we even have any. Witches? Ah, puleez! By the way, if President Jonathan had any human feeling, he would start selling some of those jets. After all, in June 2012, to reduce the government spendings and implement austerity measures, Joyce Banda, the female president of Malawi decided to sell her country's only presidential jet & a fleet of 60 luxury cars & cut her own salary by 30%. But guess what? When she wanted to come for an event in Nigeria in July 2013, Jonathan gladly sent one of the jets in the presidential fleet to go fetch her from Lilongwe and return her home after the event. This is the same presidential fleet that he used the princely sum of N747 million to fuel. And who paid that money? Whose taxes? Nothing less than N9 billion is spent every year maintaining Nigeria's PAF. If you say I hate cluelessness, so be it.
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One word for it:

INEPTITUDE

Clearly, everybody knows how twisted the brains of Nigerian politicians are. the president of course is just keeping up with the trend of his predecessors.

Have you forgotten that Nigerians love to show themselves?
I wonder how these other countries will be laughing at us.

There is so much show of wealth and affluence yet more than 60% of the country's population live in abject poverty. Many of Africa's richest people are from Nigeria. And ironically, if statistics are taken, most of Africa's poorest people will be from Nigeria.

We're living in enormous debt. Unemployment is the order of the day. The Youth have no jobs. And the elderly don't want to relinquish their jobs. Nothing works in this country. Any project that is begun has a half-life of just few months. No power. Potable water is a luxury. Roads are death traps. The country isn't attractive to foreign investors. We're a proud exporter of crude oil and a proud importer of petroleum products. At this point, I doubt if even God can save Nigeria.


Giant of Africa indeed.

I think this thread should be on front page.

Who will salvage us from this doldrum of decay. No job for de teaming graduates of dis country and even when eventually u got employed, u 'll work but there 'll be no payment for u for like 12 months. It happened newly employed staffers of Akwa Ibom State University and State Secondary staff. The latter were employed for almost 2 years now without pay, so pathetic.

Next time when someone comes to you with "I had shoes" , find out what he did later in life before voting for him .

The "I had no shoes" crooner now has a fleet of aircrafts and wants another one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm3cj3Xfngw

[size=15pt]What is the President of Nigeria doing with a dozen aircraft?[/size]

Just in case of FTC.

all Jonathanians has run away from this thread. wind don blow fowl yansh....... we can't be continue as this, all we are saying is that we want ............CHANGE. said Buhari.

the op just oozes ignorance.
President Obama's personal air transport might be two boeings and marine force one, but what aircafts do all the officials in the us presidency use?
Will the Secretary of defense borrow air force one if s/he has to meet some of their troops stationed overseas?
will the secretary of state wait till the taxi returns if he/she has to go close a trade deal?

stop spreading ignorance and bias.

Maybe he plans to set up an airline when all hell breaks loose. When the country finally breaks up. It is just about catching up with the old "foreign" that have been milking the honey at their backyard for decades. Korokoro.

That is d money for our well being,been wasted by this clueless zoologist,abeg gel till 2015.

I hope you APC guys would also criticize Ameachi, since his name is up there.

For the governor's its more of they dont want to die!..when Nigeria started having series of air crash..they opted for private jet as usual.

Bad medical care in Nigeria, they opt for Foreign medical trips.

Bad education systems, they send their kids abroad.

Instead of finding solution for the country they solve for themselves with our money.

GEJ's own is just pure cluelessness and confusion. The same team that advised him on MAULAG must be behind telling him to get a new plane yearly

[quote author=tit post=29195152]the op just oozes ignorance.
President Obama's personal air transport might be two boeings and marine force one, but what aircafts do all the officials in the us presidency use?
Will the Secretary of defense borrow air force one if s/he has to meet some of their troops stationed overseas?
will the secretary of state wait till the taxi returns if he/she has to go close a trade deal?
So the secretary to the federal government and national secutity advisor also uses the presidential jet