The House of Representatives on Monday met with the commander of the Presidential Airfleet, Air Vice Marshal Olayinka Olusola and representatives of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Major Gen. M. Galadima to ascertain the state of presidential Airfleet in Nigeria.
Chairman Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Satomi Ahmed addressing the delegation emphasised the need for the Commander presidential Airfleet as well as the NSA to brief the committee on the true State of the Presidential Airfleet in order to ascertain its efficiency.
Satomi said they were surprised at Media reports about the current state of the presidential Airfleet in the country and wanted confirmation or otherwise from critical stakeholders.
Lawmakers had shortly after introduction and welcome address by the Chairman of the Committee went in for a closed door session.
It would be recalled that Hon 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 President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit because of a fault detected in his aircraft.
He further informed that President Bola Tinubu was equally forced to fly in a chartered plane from the Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the World Economic Forum held in that country owing to a fault dictated in his airfleet.
In another development, Hon. Satomi had during a press conference at National Assembly informed that legislative measures to investigate the matter was in top gear by his committee
Meanwhile, the meeting between lawmakers, the National Security and Intelligence committee, and the Office of the National Security Adviser left journalists wondering what was said behind closed doors.
The Chairman of the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Satomi in a brief interview informed newsmen that they have decided to form a technical sub- committee that will liaise with the House and other stakeholders to sort out all the challenges in the presidential Airfleet.
Presidential Airfleet: Reps C’ttee Meets Commander Presidential Airfleet, NSA is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
