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| Nigerian Presidential Fleet |
General Muhammadu Buhari speaking in London on Saturday, February 21, 2015.
"One
of the major killer of our economy apart from corruption is Waste. Our
scarce resources are being plundered away very carelessly and
unnecessarily wasted. Let me give an instance, presently, there are more
than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that?
Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these
aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses".
"You
may want to ask what a Nigerian President is doing with so much
aircraft when a Prime Minister of Britain fly around using the same
public aircraft like an ordinary Briton. Go and check and compare with
that of any developed country in the world, the office of the Nigerian
President is a very expensive one in spite our high level of poverty and
joblessness. Now, for me, when we come into office, all these waste
will be blocked and properly channeled into our economy. We intend for
instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian Airways. We
shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet
into the Nigerian airway and within a year increase the fleet into about
20."
"What is the difference between me and those who elected us
to represent them, absolutely nothing. Why should Nigerian President not
fly with other Nigerian public? Why do I need to embark on a foreign
trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds? Why do I need
to go for foreign medical trip if we cannot make our hospital
functional? Why do we need to send our children to school abroad if we
cannot developed our university to compete with the foreign ones? Why,
and why must our people be servants to the foreigners in the midst of
plenty?"
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