“Each time we went to maintain our aeroplane in Europe – our technical partners are in Holland. We pay a minimum of $1.3 million for an equivalent cheque that would only cost us about $650 000.”
The governor stated this on Friday in his remarks during the commissioning of the facility at the“I’ve tried to talk to the Chief of Air Staff recently; I don’t see any reason why our Air Force should be going outside the country to maintain or overhaul their fighter jets.
In his goodwill message, before commissioning the project, Nigeria’s former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, commended Mr Emmanuel for the vision. He described the facility as “world-class” and added that a team from Airbus would arrive in the state in two weeks to assess it and make it operational. “Each time we went to maintain our aeroplane in Europe – our technical partners are in Holland. We pay a minimum of $1.3 million for an equivalent cheque that would only cost us about $650 000.
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