Reps worried over state of Presidential fleet as Tinubu boards private jet

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The House of Representatives is worried over the current state of the aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet.

The anxiety follows the situation when President Bola Tinubu had to charter a private aircraft during his recent official trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.

In a motion of urgent importance by a lawmaker, Ahmad Satomi, the House feared that this puts the security of the President at risk and doesn’t speak well of the country to the international community.

Onlyrecently, a presidential jet developed some faults while the President was in the Netherlands in April.

The Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, in his contribution, said there was nothing wrong with a public official including the President flying commercial jets.

The motion was, however, stepped down but the relevant security committees were urged to carry out an investigation into the matter.

The health state of the Presidential Air Fleet has been source of concern of late.

Last week, a faulty presidential jet prevented Vice President Kashim Shettima from attending the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa.

Also, last December, a presidential aircraft, Falcon 900B, was put up for sale, with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) asking interested persons to submit their bids for the purchase of the aircraft.