DatIgalaDude:
Must they (NASS members) go there?
Dem just dey look for way to spend money wey Dem dey shout say e no dey.


We are serious jokers.

naptu2:







The reason the lawmakers went there is that they have been putting a lot of pressure on the Nigerian Air Force to deliver. They say that they've approved money for the Air Force to buy the planes, but they haven't seen any planes. Some of them have even been accusing the Air Force of stealing the money. So the Air Force took them there to see things for themselves.

BigDawsNet:
Just sell my country the B2 bomber and we will never smell any form of terrorist again on Nigerian soils....

Very expensive but I know the Nigeria gov can afford it

Racoon:
Nice effort so far by the Buhari's government but let's step up to the F-I6 and other supersonic jets class. Tucanos can easily be shot down by surface to air missiles from BH terrorists

NightHawke:
@Naptu2
Nice recap. My concern with this aircraft is the AAG's already been used by BH against both our fighter jets, frontal commands, mobile assets, and ground troops.

Ammunition from Libyan sources is available to BH inclusive of our bases that were previously overrun. I hope the Tucano truly gives us the desired tactical advantage otherwise it's like flying an improved Cessna plane.

Allocsoluwatosi:
See where they positioned our national flag. They regard us as third world and display it through that flag position.

BigDawsNet:
Just sell my country the B2 bomber and we will never smell any form of terrorist again on Nigerian soils....

Very expensive but I know the Nigeria gov can afford it

TWoods:


We do need F-16s at some point but it is doubtful we will ever be able to purchase them. What we need are A-10 Warthog aircraft... absolute beasts as close-air support for ground troops. Far superior to the Super Tucano.

TWoods:


Chances that the US will sell the B2 Spirit to Nigeria... well below 0%.

CSTRR:

You ain't getting the A-10.

The Americans don't put much stock in the tucanos, possibly why they agreed to sell it to us.

At the very least, if we have gotten the SU-25 frogfoot, it would have been a more competent plane and a better use of money.

CSTRR:

Even if there is a -500% chance of them selling to us, we can't even afford it.

One B-2 spirit goes for over 2 billion dollars.

I don't even think of their closest allies can afford it.

slimthugchimee2:


The dude hasn't even talked of maintenance, flight cost. That will be the most stupid buy for nigeria now

shekauvsbuhari:
. My take is that this journey is a waste of scarce resources. What? They travelled to US to go inspect the manufacturing process. I know those guys doing the craft for us will be laughing like mad at us. It's not necessary at all. It's our air Force personnel that should go there and monitor progress of work because they know the technicalities involved and what they need and have to get conversant with it. NASS work is just to see that pricing is right and job was delivered as at quoted. This is waste of resources on needless sight seeing.

naptu2:

Absolute RUBBISH and a waste of scarce resources.. what are they going to monitor?
Have they paid on the contract? Is the delivery date agreed? Do they have any iota of technical knowledge of how the fighter Jet is manufactured?

Let them be truthful and Just tell us they went sightseeing with a view to collecting estacode..SMH.

https://www.facebook.com/1684425015103776/posts/2892243640988568/

BigDawsNet:
Just sell my country the B2 bomber and we will never smell any form of terrorist again on Nigerian soils....

Very expensive but I know the Nigeria gov can afford it

degamonn:
O[s][/s]The biggest problem we have in this democracy is the National Assembly.

The surprising thing is them expressing satisfaction on the quality of work done. What do they know about aircraft engineering?

naptu2:







The reason the lawmakers went there is that they have been putting a lot of pressure on the Nigerian Air Force to deliver. They say that they've approved money for the Air Force to buy the planes, but they haven't seen any planes. Some of them have even been accusing the Air Force of stealing the money. So the Air Force took them there to see things for themselves.