It was reported on April 28 how President Bola Tinubu was forced to travel to Saudi Arabia recently on a chartered flight for the World Economic Forum in Riyadh from the Netherlands
The House of Representatives has met with the Commander of the Presidential Airfleet, Air Vice Marshal Olayinka Olusola as well as a representative of the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, Maj Gen M. Galadima to ascertain the state of the presidential airfleet.
It was reported on April 28 how President Bola Tinubu was forced to travel to Saudi Arabia recently on a chartered flight for the World Economic Forum in Riyadh from the Netherlands.
The chairman of the House of Representatives Commitee on National Security and Intelligence, Satomi Ahmed, urged for thorough explanation from the Commander of the presidential Airfleet as well as the NSA in order to ascertain the state of the airfleet.
Speaking further, the Chairman said they were surprised by what they read from the media about the current state of the presidential airfleet in the country and wanted confirmation or otherwise from critical stakeholders.
The lawmakers after the introduction and welcome address by the Chairman of the Committee went into a closed door session.
It would be recalled that Satomi had last week moved a motion during plenary on the need to invite the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to appear before lawmakers and explain the state of the Presidential Airfleet to Nigerians.
According to him,the Vice President, Kashim Shettima was recently forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit because of a fault dectated in his aircraft.
He further informed that Tinubu was equally forced to fly in a chartered plane from Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the World Economic Forum held in that country owing to a fault dictated in his airfleet.
Meanwhile, the meeting between lawmakers under the National Security and Intelligence committee and the Office of the National Security Adviser was held behind closed door.
The Chairman of the House Commitee on National Security and Intellegence, Satomi in a brief interview informed newsmen that they had decided to form a technical sub-committee that would liaise between the House and other stakeholders to sort out all the challenges in the presidential Airfleet.
He said the essence of the technical committee was to ascertain the true position of the Presidential Airfleet and necessary action.
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