Abia South senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Monday said President Bola Tinubu never sought the approval of the National Assembly before purchasing a new presidential jet.

 

Abaribe said he never saw any document from the presidency seeking the National Assembly’s approval for a new presidential jet.

 

In August, President Tinubu acquired a new presidential jet and this was confirmed by his senior aide, Bayo Onanuga.

 

The Airbus A330 procured at the rate of N150 billion replaced the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700 acquired under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

 

However, featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Abaribe said: ”Nobody brought anything to the National Assembly to say ‘Please, approve this for purchase of a new plane’. I say it was done without my knowledge. I never saw any document.”