Reps summon NSA, fleet commandant over faculty President Airfleet

By Christiana Ekpa

The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned National Security Adviser and Fleet Commandant over the presidential air fleet and billions of naira budgeted to maintain them after a heated debate by members on the floor of the House during plenary.
This was just as the House however agreed to asked it’s committee on National Security and Intelligence to Summon and investigate the National Security Adviser and the Commander of the Fleet for investigation.
The motion which was moved by Hon Satomi Ahmad was followed by a heated debate by members who were divided over the issue forcing the House to stepdown the motion and asked the committee to use it authority in handling the matter.
Recall that the Vice President Kashim Shettima was on Sunday forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit, due to a fault with his aircraft.
Moving the motion, Satomi who represents Jere Federal Constituency, Borno State, while moving a motion of urgent public importance noted that in April, President Bola Tinubu was forced to fly in a chartered plane in April from Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend the World Economic Forum.
He noted that Vice President Kashim Shettima similarly used a chartered jet recently as presidential jets were undergoing repairs.
He expressed love for the President and Vice president insisting that such incident was a national embarrassment despite billions of naira budgeted yearly to maintain the air fleets.
In his contribution, member representing Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency, Gombe State, Ali Isah while supporting the call for investigation of the state of the presidential aircrafts, said the development should offer President Tinubu opportunity to travel by road to enable him understand the state of road infrastructure across the country.