The Senior Special Assistant on Print Media to the President, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has disclosed how the Federal Government raised money to acquire a presidential jet for the use of President Bola Tinubu despite the fact that it was not appropriated for.
The presidential aide was quoted to have made the disclosure in an interview he granted BBC Hausa Service.
The interview was reportedly monitored by Vanguard newspaper
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had confirmed the existence of a new presidential jet on Monday when he said that was what Tinubu used for his official trip to France.
Speaking in the interview with BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday, as reported by Vanguard News, Abdulaziz said the fund for the purchase of the Airbus A330 was from the Service Wide Vote.
Abdulaziz also told BBC Hausa Service that the presidential jet was not a brand new one.
He said it was a fairly used aircraft bought through an auction conducted by a bank, adding that a Saudi Arabia-based company owned it before it was bought by the Federal Government.
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