Labour Party’s strong man, Peter Obi, is advancing his critical opposition stance on the Bola Tinubu government as he has raised some seven questions on the new presidential jet as well as the old ones.
Obi has been trying to fulfill his pledge to remain observant and critical of the government after coming to terms with the Supreme Court’s judgement that he did not win the 2023 presidential election.
His Peoples Democratic Party’s counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, has also been playing a similar role but he may not have been as deliberate as Obi.
On the newly acquired jet and the old ones, Obi is demanding: How much the FG bought the latest? How old it is? For how long has it been in operation? How many old jets are in the fleet? How old are they? How are they being disposed of and why they are being sold.
In tweets on X, Obi notes: “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 get the information.
“Now that the jet is here, Nigerian taxpayers whose money was used to purchase it need to be privy to how much it costs, how old the aircraft is and how long it’s been in operation.
“In addition, Nigerians also deserve to know about how the old jets are being disposed of, 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.”
Obi emphasised the Federal Government’s provision of adequate information about its leadership to the people, stating that transparency and accountability should be the hallmark of any genuine leadership.
He added, “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.”
