By Agency Report Nigeria’s newly acquired presidential jet purchased last year has been flown to South Africa for upgrades and refurbishment – The PUNCH Newspaper Friday reported. Findings by the paper from GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal
The Federal Government has put up for sale a jet in the Presidential fleet, Hawker 4000 aircraft with registration number, 5N-FGX/: RC 066. The business-size jet which entered into service in December 2011, has capacity for nine passengers and three crew. Findings indicate that only 73 Hawker 4000 aircraft were manufactured by Hawker Beechcraft between […]
The reported allocation of a staggering sum of N1.6billion in the 2015 budget for the purchase of another presidential jet leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Definitely, this exercise in wasteful spending should give every right thinking Nigerian food for thought. If it is true, it would be among the latest on the growing […]