Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has said the life of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is at risk as a result of the âfaultyâ presidential aircraft he uses to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in official engagements across the globe.
He raised this alarm after Nigeriaâs number two citizen cancelled his trip to the Commonwealth Summit in Samoa.
Recall that Vice President Kashim Shettimaâs trip to Samoa for this year’s Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was cancelled due to an incident at an airport in New York, United States.
The presidency in a statement on Friday, said Shettima’s trip was aborted due to a damaged presidential jet which occurred during a stopover in New York.
Following the incident, President Tinubu has approved a ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at the summit to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa, from October 21 to 26.
Commenting on the situation in a statement issued in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, on Sunday, October 27, Lawan called on the federal government to get Shettima a new aircraft to avoid any tragedy.
As reported by Daily Trust, he said the aircraft designated to the Vice President has had several incidents in recent times.
Early this year, the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence mandated the Federal Government to acquire new aircraft for Tinubu and Shettima, but the presidency came under intense public scrutiny and in the end, only that of Tinubu was acquired.
In another development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that President Tinubu directed all ministers, ministers of state, and heads of federal government agencies should not have more than three convoys
The president also directed that all appointees are not expected to have more than five security personnel, which are four police and one DSS operatives
According to the presidency, the move was to reduce the cost of governance, adding that Tinubu had done the same to himself and his vice, Kashim Shettima
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
