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The Federal Government has budgeted N1.52b for the maintenance of the
10 aircraft currently in the Presidential Air Fleet in 2014.
The maintenance cost is slightly higher than the N1.5bn proposed as
the initial deposit for the purchase of additional aircraft that will
bring the number of aircraft in the fleet to 11.
This is apart from the N747m earmarked for the purchase of aviation fuel for the aircraft already in the fleet.
These figures are contained in the details of the 2014 Appropriation
Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan
through the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, penultimate
week.
