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The federal government has put three ageing presidential jets on sale in a move officials say will cut excessive spending on fleet maintenance, TheCable understands.
This is coming as the house of representatives committee on national security and intelligence recommended that two aircraft should be purchased for use by the president and the vice-president.
Shehu Buba Umar, chairman of the senate committee on national security and intelligence, also supported the recommendation by the lower chamber’s committee.
Selling off the three aircraft would cut by half the number of jets in the presidential air fleet.
The fleet currently consists of six airplanes and four helicopters.
The current fleet, maintained by the presidential air fleet (PAF), an arm of the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), include Boeing 737 Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), a Gulfstream G550, a Gulfstream GV, two Falcon 7x and one Challenger CL605.
Insiders, however, said at least half of the entire fleet is made up of unserviceable or failing aircraft, necessitating the need
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