₦airaland Forum

The Presidency on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu acquired a refurbished official jet.

Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, issued the explanation when he was featured on Channels Television’s programme, Inside Sources, anchored by Laolu Akande.

Onanuga said some jets in the presidential fleet, like a 19-year-old Boeing B737-700 purchased under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, are all in bad condition, and their maintenance costs were outrageous.

Hence, instead of spending a bogus amount of money on aircraft maintenance, the President sought the approval of the National Assembly for a refurbished jet still in good condition.

He disclosed that the new presidential jet belongs to Nigeria because Tinubu won’t take it along after leaving office.

Onanuga said: “The president did not buy a new jet; what he has is a refurbished jet—it has been used by somebody else before he got it but it is a much newer model than the one President Buhari used. The one President Buhari used was bought by President Obasanjo some 20 years ago.

“There was a time the President went to Saudi Arabia, that plane developed some problems and the President had to leave with a chartered jet to The Netherlands. It’s not President Tinubu’s plane; it belongs to the people of Nigeria; it is our property.”

AskProf:
Must he buy jet?

Why can't he fly commercial airliner?

AskProf:
Must he buy jet?

Why can't he fly commercial airliner?

JAMO84:
That jet will be worth twice the current price by the time he leaves.

They want him to be flying in that old coffin, so that when it finally crashes and he is burnt to ashes, they will go and celebrate with nkwobi and hero beer.

Tinubu 1
Obdent 0

yyba:
so American, Russian, Chinese or south African presidents fly in commercial airline?

IFECHIGCON:
Cursed be upon any household that vote this disaster into government

IFECHIGCON:
Cursed be upon any household that vote this disaster into government

Racoon:
Always never tired of defending idiocy.

yyba:
so American, Russian, Chinese or south African presidents fly in commercial airline?

Saao:
those countries you mentioned are richer than Nigeria so you can't compare us to them.

helinues:
FG could have bought Keke Maruwa to be making their movements. There is now flying Keke Maruwa

Saao:
for our current situations brought upon us by same Federal government led by Tpain, keke maruwa isn't bad for them afterall they are not more than those plying maruwa

AskProf:
Must he buy jet?

Why can't he fly commercial airliner?

Does American President fly commercial
Can we be realistic for once

Kukutente23:
Don't you know that when a plane is ageing, it does not see road well to see foreign object and avoid em

The VP is a critical national asset. Nigeria may be poor but were too big for our VP to be going about in a rickety jet

We can't have 129m poor citizens and still have a poor VP

Therefore we must raise taxes to buy new planes for tinubu and shettima

SilasGreenback:
Abi ooooooh.

Lets buy it for him and continue to make sacrifices. We need to man up and stop crying about inflation, as unfortunately, things cost money, and we should stop wanting everything cheap.

nedu666:
We don't pay enough tax. We should pay market price so that govt officials will see money to buy new jets

allthingsgood:
Does American President fly commercial
Can we be realistic for once