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mekusoil (m)
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How was the new Presidential Jet, a Boeing 737-800, bought? Did it follow due process? What is the cost? Is the air plane new or a refurbished one? These are the questions tax payers are asking on the aircraft delivered on May 6. Barely three weeks after the purchase, it developed technical faults midair. What is its airworthiness status? Although the government is yet to state its official price and age, media speculation is that it cost $72 million (N9.3 billion) and that it is a new one. However, Boeing website showed that Nigeria has never placed an order for a Boeing 737-800 since it was launched on September 5, 1994 at the Farnborough Air Show.
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