Buhari not first president to enjoy helipad facility —Aide
Written by:
Shola Adekola-Lagos

THE ongoing criticism trailing the plan to build a helipad for President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, to ease his movement anytime he wants to visit his home town may not be a big deal after all.

This became obvious on Wednesday in the reaction of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Sheu, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on telephone.

According to Sheu, the idea of building a helipad for President Buhari would not be the first of its kind in the countr.

Going down the memory lane, Sheu cited how past presidents, including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan, enjoyed similar facilities during their administrations.

Sheu who wondered why the issue was generating criticism, adding that constructing helipad for the president “is not a big project, since helicopter can land on a small space.”

According to him, “this is not the first time a helipad is being built for a president. President Obasanjo built a helipad in his Hiltop mansion in Abeokuta Ogun State. We are talking about a helipad and not an airport, even a helicopter can land on a verandah. We are talking about Nigerian president.”

Since the plan by the Federal Government to build a helipad in Daura had been made public, many Nigerians had taken to the social media to express their feelings, with some saying it was ill-timed.

According to the Managing Director of Finum Air Services, Sheri Kyari, the construction of a helipad is not a big project, adding that since this was not the first time it would be happening, there should be no misgivings about it this time.

President Buhari travels by road to Daura from Katsina airport, which is said to have necessitated building the helipad to help his trips to his home town.
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That girl above me no get work ni?


This Old fill should simply get to work!!

That girl above me no get work ni?


This Old fool should simply get to work!!

LOLZ....... SO MUCH HATRED

INTROVERT is a very fast machine n NL that follows all thread!

How many ppl dey speak for presidency ?

I tire ooooo, what's in helipad? No be ordinary cement?

Dullardinhooo

Euro31:
President Buhari

ROTFLWKMD!

libertyfather:
I tire ooooo, what's in helipad? No be ordinary cement?

ORDINARY CEMENT INDEED.... E GO SHOCK YOU WHEN THE FINAL PICTURE GO COME OUT.

Dnarvaez:

ROTFLWKMD!

nairaland and word censors .... They change Dullardinhoooo to president buhari lool

merry02:
How many ppl dey speak for presidency ?

LOL...QUESTION FOR THE gods

He should build the hrlipad as his first Capital project for Nigeria. Idiotic morons leading us

is dat the change dey promised us?

naija don tire me sef, I de go Ghana go nationalize

Frankiss44:



ORDINARY CEMENT INDEED.... E GO SHOCK YOU WHEN THE FINAL PICTURE GO COME OUT.

Helipads are usually constructed out of concrete and are marked with a circle and/or a letter "H", so as to be visible from the air. However, they are not always constructed out of concrete; sometimes forest fire fighters will construct a temporary timber-strictured helipad to receive supplies in remote areas. Rig mats may be used to build helipads. Landing pads may also be constructed in extreme conditions such as on ice....
So what's special about it?

Since Abacha and IBB stole us dry then he should do same because other presidents did it.


Change indeed

Daura dulllard

Euro31:
nairaland and word censors .... They change Dullardinhoooo to president buhari lool

Lmfao! Pls stop nau
Anyway, you've got him a lovely alias.
what I hate most on NL is the st.upid censoring of words and that frustrated anti-spambot.

Euro31:
nairaland and word censors .... They change Dullardinhoooo to president buhari lool

lol...i just noticed that ... nice one from the mods.... i wonder why "clueless" wasnt censored... The office of the presidency ought to be respected

IsaAbubakaAzeez:
so it's all business as usual status quo maintained everything same

so

what's uhuru about the change?

i thought he should have lived a different life change some things and set a standard.

well I don't expect much from a terrorist bastard kunu sipping monkey Daura dullard illiterate bastard gworo chewing burukutu sipping gorilla.


Buhari is a terrorist - Elrufai

lolz... You need to chill bruv