The Presidency has made a proposal for an upfront deposit of
N1.5billion for a brand new private jet, which will become the
Presidential Air Fleet’s (PAF) 11th aircraft.
The PAF already boasts two Falcon 7X jets, two Falcon 900 jets,
Gulfstream 550, one Boeing 737 BBJ (Nigerian Air Force 001 or Eagle
One), and Gulfstream IVSP. Others are one Gulfstream V, Cessna
Citation 2 aircraft and Hawker Siddley 125-800 jet.
According to industry experts, it costs a minimum of 20 per cent of
that figure to maintain them annually. So we’re looking at about
$58.57m (N9.08bn) yearly for maintenance.
The Federal Government has budgeted another N1.52b for the
maintenance of the 10 aircraft currently in the PAF in 2014 and it is
now set to spend just about that amount on a new one.
This figure is contained in the details of the 2014 Appropriation Bill
presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan
through the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
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