onatisi:
you are pathetically annoying and arrogantly too dull ,I have been to google and it is the same damm rubbish posted here that google just placed there , the common sense question u should task ur brains to answer if you can do that is to ask urself ,is there any official statement from any government spokesperson about the impending sales of these jets? Maybe u need to put ur brains under more scrutiny to know that those jets don't belong to the president but to the federal republic of nigeria and because the senate appropriated money for its purchase , a president can't just wake up one morning in abuja and authorise it sales without due consultations and the order passing through relevant parastatals . Get more brains or die trying

yusufbida:


Answer to the Question asked

BTW GEJ and PMB No doubt GEJ is the DULLARD

shikshark:
12 billion?.......if this kain money enter certain village for this country, all their destiny go reset.

CecyAdrian:

Did your GEJ not see that they were just consuming money?? Or was he not d one that wanted to buy another aircraft or he bought sef
No provoke me ooo

ssiaccenture:
The Emerging Buhari Doctrine, By Oluwafemi AkinfolarinPremium Times June 18, 2015 The Emerging Buhari Doctrine, By Oluwafemi Akinfolarin2015-06-18T12:13:41+00:00 Guest Columns, Opinion Comment (6)
To summarise the Buhari doctrine. Be low key, speak only when necessary, act behind the scenes and face problems head on after carefully reaching a decision based on examining all available facts.

The past few weeks, post May 29th, have been a whirlwind of activities in Nigeria. A new government has taken over power and political operatives have been jostling and readjusting to the anticipated changes to the existing order by the government of Mr. Buhari. It has been a season of political intrigues with the rejuvenated PDP entering into alliance with rump parts of the APC to seize the senate and deputy senate leadership positions. Through all these early shenanigans and other acts, a tentative picture of the Buhari’s style of governance is slowly and steadily emerging – a style which though in its infancy promises to be a strong departure from that of the previous administration. What is slowly forming is what I will term the Buhari doctrine, a codification of beliefs or principals that will direct how the current administration governs.

The first aspect of the doctrine is simple. Focus on and resolve one issue at a time. The president takes up a singular problem and forces into place the various factors that are needed to successfully resolve the particular issue. A case in point is the ongoing Boko Haram anti-terrorist campaign. Immediately upon coming into office, Mr. Buhari met with the National Security Adviser, followed with another meeting with the chiefs of the various arms of the military. Having then gotten a picture of the situation, he moved the military command to Maiduguri, formed a cohesive coalition of willing states (who were merely grudgingly engaged under the past administration), released funds for operations in the three ravaged states and used the platform of the African Union (AU) to push a pan-African plan to defeat Boko Haram, whilst receiving financial support ($5m) from the US and promises of the supply of military equipment from the G7. The future of Boko Haram has never looked bleaker at any time in the last eight years than in the coming months.

A leg of the doctrine of Mr. Buhari is getting a full grasp of a situation before making a decision. He is careful and deliberate in decision making and not swayed by public opinion. A clear example is the ongoing clamour for him to announce his list of ministers which he has ignored in the past two weeks. The issue is straight forward. At the tail end of the Jonathan administration, a transition committee was formed. The committee was supposed to smoothen the handover between the outgoing and incoming administrations, and the fulcrum of this exercise was the handover notes from each ministry and the presidency. That wasn’t handed over by the Jonathan administration until the May 29. Despite the pressing nature of things, Mr. Buhari gave his transition team a further two weeks to review the handover notes and make recommendations at which point he would then decide what to do. The point is, when he is ready after his own due process, the ministerial list will be announced. Same with corruption, rather than arbitrarily arresting everyone and anyone, Mr. Buhari is slowly building a case for his assault on corruption in Nigeria. The president has asked for a meeting with the foremost authority in the Nigerian oil and gas space, the Oslo-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the head of whom will be in Nigeria this week. The EITI has in the past stated that oil companies are owing the federal government about $7.5b (N1.48 trillion) in unpaid royalties between 1999 and 2015. The body has also stated that out of the $1.85billion value of eight oil blocks sold between 2010-2011, the federal government had only been paid $100m. Astronomical losses. Here again, we see the president slowly and deliberately building a case for the actions he will take in that sector. Once he has all the necessary information, the culprits will be slammed with the maximum punishments. No rush to wrong judgment here.

Another part of the doctrine of Mr. Buhari is the maintenance of a significantly low key presence, while reducing the cost of the presidential office. Since taking power in May, he has embarked on three foreign trips, and on each trip he was accompanied by two governors, a personal confidant (Mr. Dambazzau) and a tiny retinue. Contrast this with the last administration whose trip to African neighbour, Kenya, practically shut down their airspace with the number of accompanying private jets. He has also on a number of occasions visited the national mosque without the normal fanfare. The message here is that the president is not more important than any other person and should not be disrupting the lives of fellow citizens whenever he ventures out of Aso Rock.

The final aspect of the doctrine is, stealthy work behind the scenes. Recently, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission started work on a review of the remuneration of members of the national assembly and other political office holders. Would this sort of review ever happen without the tacit approval of the president, I doubt it. The public is suddenly inundated with precise data on how much national assembly members earn and what makes up the cost; information that wasn’t available in the last dispensation. Another point is the rumour going round that the president is about to appoint Colonel Hamid Ibrahim Ali as the new boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The mere rumour of the appointment has already resulted in a number of people paying substantial funds back into government coffers in the past few days. A couple of days ago, the lucrative contracts awarded to the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Niger Delta militants by the immediate past administration were cancelled. The military has been ordered to guard national pipelines. No noise. Just quick decisive action.

To summarise the Buhari doctrine. Be low key, speak only when necessary, act behind the scenes and face problems head on after carefully reaching a decision based on examining all available facts. Does that remind you of a certain other president of the only remaining global superpower?

Mr. Buhari will move at his own pace and ensure he makes the right decisions, then execute ruthlessly and without hesitation. He will not be present on the screens of our televisions, hectoring us day in, day out but we will feel his presence as the fear of his silence quickly forces corrupt people to be less corrupt.

Oluwafemi Akinfolarin, a lawyer, writes from Lagos

ROCKJ1: Nigeria is such a rich country... everything is in Billions yet the masses are hungry and suffering in hundred and thousands.

ROCKJ1:
Nigeria is such a rich country... everything is in Billions yet the masses are hungry and suffering.

tucky200:
GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN from otuoke bayelsa

agarawu23:
And you still call this man a dullard?
I wonder what the federal government will be doing with 9 jet. 12billion naira isn't a small cash! Gej never thought of reducing the jet, he was only raising idea on how to increase the jet.

now tell me WHO IS THE DULLARD

agarawu23:
And you still call this man a dullard?
I wonder what the federal government will be doing with 9 jet. 12billion naira isn't a small cash! Gej never thought of reducing the jet, he was only raising idea on how to increase the jet.

now tell me WHO IS THE DULLARD

sleekp1:
Most of these planes were bought by Obj not Jonathan.

Franzeez:
why not make it commercial. Like Nigerian airways sobthat people can get jobs

agarawu23:
And you still call this man a dullard?
I wonder what the federal government will be doing with 9 jet. 12billion naira isn't a small cash! Gej never thought of reducing the jet, he was only raising idea on how to increase the jet.

now tell me WHO IS THE DULLARD

musaibnabdul:
As part of the federal government’s cost measures,
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that
nine of the VIP transport aircraft under the
presidential fleet should be sold.
Industry sources informed THISDAY that the
presidential fleet, which are registered as Nigerian
Air Force aircraft, is one of the largest in Africa and
the third largest in Nigeria after Arik Air and
Aerocontractors.
According to an aviation source, who is aware of
the directive to sell the aircraft, the presidency has
a number of serviceable and unserviceable aircraft
that need to be disposed of in order to reduce the
amount spent by the federal government for
aircraft maintenance annually.
“Nine, which still have market value, are to be sold
immediately to reduce maintenance costs,” he
said.
For years, the federal government has spent over
N12 billion annually for the maintenance of the
presidential fleet. www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-orders-disposal-of-nine-presidential-aircraft-to-cut-cost/212433/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

MalcoImX:
anonimi you've gone too far. I hadn't intended any comment here but for your below the belt, unethical postures.
In as much as you hate Buhari, try and limit your indulgence to affairs outside his matrimonial life. We know you're a GEJ apologist, but during his time, there were unwritten codes that those areas were off limits. You don't find cartoons or discussions of what GEJ did with his wife, especially when it involves affairs of very intimate nature. Do not let your emotions overwhelm your reasoning, as that's what may differentiate us from beasts.

kraftykc:


Using Corporate Jets for such a venture though possible, is too elitist to have any effect on the greater Nigerian populace. You don't have $8000 to pay per hour for a jet do you?

anonimi:



You simply have a dirty, corrupt mind that needs to be dry cleaned

Bugatie:


You and who's we?

donholy28:
Make we watch na....wetin we go hear be say he dey probe on jet scam...say he no get private jet and he dey borrow money for ticket