Former
Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno
Omokri, says charges accrued by the presidential jet parked in London
airport can pay 2,000 Nigerian workers.
Omokri,
who made the claim on his Facebook page also described as a joke, the
statement credited to the presidency that retention of the presidential
jet in London airport is for prestige.
The former Presidential aide wondered if British Prime Minister, Theresa May, who has no official jet lacks prestige.
According
to Omokri, “As at today, the amount of charges our Presidential jet has
accrued at London Stansted Airport could have paid 2,000 Nigerian
workers going by the lowest parking rate charged by Stansted.
“Why
is the jet even there? This joke of a Presidency in their statement
justified parking the Presidential jet at London’s Stansted by saying it
was for ‘prestige’ reasons.
“British
Prime Minister, Theresa May has no official jet. Maybe she has no
‘prestige’ even though Britain manufactures jets and Nigeria does not!”
The
retention of the Presidential jet that conveyed Buhari to London on his
second medical trip has been a source of controversy, as some Nigerians
wondered why the jet has not returned to the country.
In
an attempt to douse the controversy, Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu
recently said the Presidential jet was retained in London due to
“protocol, national security, diplomacy and prestige.”
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