Obi tasks FG on giving account to Nigerians as Chinese firm releases one presidential jet | Read Details
As one of the seized presidential jets belonging to Nigeria has been released, Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour party, has tasked the president Bola Tinubu’s administration to account for how much it cost to purchase the jet and how old it is.
Recall that Trustbase News had reported that a court in France ordered the seizure of three presidential jets belonging to Nigeria after a Chinese firm approached it over a breach of contract it reached with the Ogun state government in 2016.
Reacting after one of the jets was released, Obi via his X handle on Tuesday, said;
“Now that the Presidential Jet has arrived.
From all indications, despite all the denials, and back and forth over the newly acquired Presidential aircraft, the jet is now here thanks to the French court that helped Nigerians to get the information.
Now that the Jet is here, can Nigerian taxpayers whose money was used to purchase it need to be privy to how much it cost and how old the aircraft is and how long its been in operation.
In addition, Nigerians also deserve to know about how the old jets being disposed, how many of them, how old they are, and why they are being sold. Transparency and Accountability should be the hallmark of any genuine leadership.
The government will lose nothing but respect, if it fails to provide adequate information about its leadership to the people whose money is being deployed and whose mandate the President is holding.
A presidential jet is a major symbol of national sovereignty and state power. How much it costs to transport the president, is a major issue of public accountability. I hope that Nigerians will not be denied the right of full disclosure on the new presidential jet. -PO”
