$496m Tucano Jets: Matters Arising

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By Henry Boyo

THE proceedings in the National Assembly, became rather agitated on  April 26, 2018, after President Buhari’s letter, which sought approval for the sum of $496m, which had been spent on 12 fighter jets, was read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki (APC) and Speaker, Yakubu Dogara (APC), to members in their respective Chambers.

President Muhammed Buhari’s letter confirmed that this amount was earlier withdrawn from Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account (ECA), for the procurement of  12 super Tucano aircraft,  in a direct purchase agreement between Nigeria and the United States governments.

The problem, however, according to Senator Mathew Urhoghide, Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts, was that this payment is clearly a breach of Section 80 of the 1999 Constitution, which stipulates that “any amount of money that has to be spent from the Federation…



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