Ahead of the inauguration of a new President on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s Boeing 737 Presidential jet has been flown out of the country for comprehensive maintenance, The PUNCH learned Sunday evening. Villa sources told our correspondent that NAF 001, which has served the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. In his next four weeks in office, Buhari will be flown on another aircraft on the Presidential Air Fleet, the source said. On Tuesday, April 3, 2001, the Senate approved a sum of N5.5bn for the purchase of a new presidential aircraft for then-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Boeing aircraft will be returned in May and handed over to the new administration after major upgrades to its avionics and other mechanical systems.

Source: Punch May 01, 2023 02:02 UTC