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Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by azorjiu(m): 6:55pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Now I think this is crazy. Can someone please advice these people to get their priorities right? I have been watching the present government with great concern. Good steps are being taken in some areas, but on the average, a lot of things are going wrong. Extremely wrong! Can someone in the house please advice Goodluck Jonathan? http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFLDE67A1TV20100811 UPDATE 1-Nigeria buys presidential jets, borrows to fund polls, truncated. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Jakumo(m): 8:07pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
$150 million for three corporate jets sounds like a ton of cash, yet every 24 hours Nigeria earns that much money from oil exports, which ship at the rate of two million barrels daily. President Goodluck Jonathan is ENTITLED to a fleet of jets, if that is what it will take to tip Nigeria's next presidential election outcome in his favor. For the singular feat of providing electrical power to much of a Nigerian nation hitherto industrially paralyzed by a decades-long blackout, illuminating the land with greater regularity and duration than ANY other head of state in recent history, incumbent President Jonathan Goodluck has PROVEN himself to be the Man Who Could Save Nigeria, and he thus stands head and shoulders above the rogues gallery of treasury looters currently hoping to get their hands in the national piggy bank via upcoming presidential elections. Congratulations are due on a very wise choice of the Gulfstream G550 jet to round off the fleet. Investors in the new Nigeria that will soon be crafted by Jonathan Goodluck will need to travel quickly around the country, on very short notice and in the style to which they are accustomed, so this hangar full of fine corporate birds is more a necessity than a luxury. For a religious cult leader, the purchase of a luxury jet is an obscene extravagance financed by mass deception, yet the same acquisition by a president is a prudent investment and aerial platform for diplomatic relations. Before gaining access to these new jets, however, Jonathan Goodluck should be made to sign a written undertaking that he will never again entertain groupies aboard any of the the various Nigerian Air Force Ones. Cleared for takeoff, sir.
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Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by sunboy(m): 8:28pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Zap My Country, Zap Our Leaders!!! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 8:32pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
WOW . . . The president gets a Gulfstream G550 jet, one of the top of the line business planes, while we get a C25 2500hp 6 xl train to ride in because this 1970's model is what we deserve?? ROFLMAO!! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Jakumo(m): 8:36pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Trains are for mortals like you and I, KJ. Presidents are high-profile targets and full-time statesmen, who would be sitting ducks in any means of transport less flexible than a fast bird with good intercontinental range. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 8:39pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Tell that to our senators, and governors here who still take the train to and fro. The probably missed the memo stating that mortals ride OLD crap while they ought to right in the lastest and the greatest. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Jakumo(m): 8:53pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Senators do get to ride in presidential or airforce jets on both sides of the pond, but with far less frequency than does the head honcho, who by definition is MORE EQUAL than all other SUBORDINATES, and as such at infinitely greater risk of terror attack, for example. In Nigeria's case, Jonathan Goodluck will cruise the Nigerian skies wooing investors and business partners aboard those jets, any of which are also capable of the range to take El Presidente on European state trips. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Nobody: 8:56pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
I think the best thing to do is to elect a president first. Or GLJ might be planning on buying a president jet for IBB. Who knows? Budget? What budget? |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 9:06pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Jakumo:In much the same way Yar adua did? I really would like to understand if flying around in a jet is the only way to woo investors and business partners. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 9:08pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Some richer countries dont even have presidential Jets yet this dude think nigeria deserve to be in debt just so his wife can fly to Dubai unhindered!! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Nobody: 9:14pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
First it was presidential ship and now presidential jets,yet millions of nigeria are seriously hungry. .why is jonathan synonymous with lavishness ? |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 9:18pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Jonathan has not made any cuts since being president, he is busy sharing more money No major policy on Health, Agriculture, Transport and Education just sharing money from excess crude oil!! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by GAR3TH(m): 9:26pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
@ Dis Guy every ountry has a presidential plane/jet @topic smh |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 9:29pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
GAR3TH: British Prime ministers use commercial airlines/chartered flights; i think |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by chosen04(f): 9:35pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: Exactly, The humbly servant way . . . . . . . .Always good intentions BAD results Dis Guy: Pls but blame him, he is the president of a country where average is considered outstanding. . . ~Bluetooth: Beaf, must not hear those words from you oooooooooo. . . . .When he comes defending JOE dont say i didnt tell you oooooooooo. Dis Guy: You are not even talking about his Niger Delta region. . . . . . .Even only its to right the wrong done to this people over the years! he cant. The 'ex-inferior' (Let me borrow his words) vice President doesnt even have a blue print for the development of his Niger Delta area(s) |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by philip0906(m): 9:37pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
More presidential jets 2 carry who? |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by GAR3TH(m): 9:38pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Dis Guy: no they have a jets, here is a complete list of countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Beaf: 9:38pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Dis Guy: There is a special section of the airforce that is dedicated to flying only the prime minister and royal family, thats way more than what Nigeria has. The prime minister also flies by chartered jets. This link takes you to the UK section of a wikipedia article on presidential planes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government#United_Kingdom |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Beaf: 9:40pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
GAR3TH beat me to it! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by GAR3TH(m): 9:42pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
haha I win |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 9:53pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
chosen04: Good intentions? I am baffled that after the ordeal in Uganda only last month, this is now on the plate. He took TWO FREAKING PLANES down there . . what for? Now we are already considering purchasing a new one? |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 9:55pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Presidency Spends Billions Fixing Jet Fleet Andrew Walker and Soliu Hamzat 10 November 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The presidency spent nearly N2 billion on maintenance of the presidential jet fleet last year. The amount, over US$ 15 million, has been described by an airline industry insider as "impossible". |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 9:57pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
[size=13pt]Presidential Fleet Gets New N2.7 Billion Jet[/size] Cosmas Ekpunobi 13 November 2006 http://allafrica.com/stories/200611130657.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abuja — A new jet worth N2.7 billion is to be added to the presidential fleet on November 27. President Olusegun Obasanjo is expected to take the delivery of the jet, even as the Senate has endorsed the state-of-the-art plane. [size=13pt]Presidency Buys N2.5 Billion Helicopter[/size][/b]Sufuyan Ojeifo [b]12 November 2006 http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=63126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abuja — The Presidency will Monday, next week, add a state-of-the-art helicopter to the presidential fleet, President Olusegun Obasanjo's Principal Secre-tary, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, has said. According to the Presi-dent's principal secretary, the fund for the purchase of the helicopter was taken from the N19.457 billion appropriated and approved for the State House in the 2006 budget. whichever one it really is . . . |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Nobody: 9:58pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Oh my!!! See what useless Nigerian men are doing to this country. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 10:02pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Obasanjo, Aides Escape Death in New Presidential Plane Charles Ozoemana 17 May 2006 http://allafrica.com/stories/200605170136.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abuja — THE newly acquired [size=13pt]N9 billion[/size] Presidential jet yesterday made an emergency landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja a few minutes after take-off with President Olusegun Obasanjo and some of his aides and top government officials on board. The Boeing Business Jet 737-800 was taking the President to Paris, France. The new plane had only last week returned from a trip to Indonesia and Kampala where President Obasanjo had gone to attend the D-8 meeting and the swearing-in of President Yoweri Museveni for a third term |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Beaf: 10:07pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Perhaps one of the most controversial air transports for a head of state was that of Zaire leader [size=14pt]Mobutu Sese Seko, who leased a supersonic Concorde in the late 1980s and early 1990s[/size]. The jet, obtained from Air France, was based at Gbadolite and was not only used for diplomatic missions but also for European shopping trips for the ruler's wealthy family. There was also a Boeing 707 (registration number 9T-MSS) that was used for a while and has been stored in Lisbon since 1996, as well as a Boeing 727 (9Q-RDZ).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government#Zaire Henh! Jonathan nefa start sef! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Nobody: 10:10pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
Kobo abeg stop it. . .the jets that were bought are tokunbo and you may be charge for seditions if you keep posting this info.ask gbenga Aruleba. that is exactly what jonathan is planning to do now. .buy a tokunbo plane and use the other money for his campaign. |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 10:47pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
GAR3TH: they use air force jets for internal flights probably Beaf: way more than wetin? The plans received opposition from many groups; the Conservative Party condemned diverting public funds to the project from core services like health, and the Liberal Democrats and pressure groups including Transport 2000 and Friends of the Earth condemned the environmental impact of personal jet travel.[27] [size=14pt]The UK is the only G8 country without dedicated ministerial aircraft[/size]; Peter Gershon's report also argued that chartered planes involve security risks. Tony Blair's 2006 trip to South Africa was highlighted as an example of the problems of relying on such aircraft.[28] Dem no trust their paddy Arik? |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 10:50pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
With better planning they can get to their destinations well in time with scheduled flight |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by AloyEmeka5: 11:07pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
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Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by DisGuy: 11:10pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
enough time to spend more yanfu yanfu though under the pretext of 'credible' election this johnny boy will hammer seriously! |
Re: Nigeria To Buy More Presidential Jets by Kobojunkie: 11:41pm On Aug 11, 2010 |
~Bluetooth: That is a buck load of money that we discard or ignore every four years. |
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