Buhari Orders Sale Of Two Jets In Presidential Air Fleet

The Presidency has put up two of the 10 jets in the presidential air fleet for sale.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Shehu confirmed that the newspaper advertisements for the sale of two presidential jets; a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000, were duly authorized by President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to the presidential spokesman, this is in line with the directive of President Buhari that aircraft in the presidential air fleet be reduced to cut down on waste.



He stated: “When he campaigned to be President, the then APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari, if you recall, promised to look at the presidential air fleet with view to cutting down on waste.

“His directive to a government committee on this assignment is that he liked to see a compact and reliable aircraft for the safe airlift of the President, the Vice President and other government officials that go on special missions.

“This exercise is by no means complete.

“I am sure the Commander of the Presidential air fleet will any time from now, call you to a ceremony at which he will hand over some other aircraft to the Airforce for their operations”.