Former minister of education and solid minerals, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has stated that no argument justifies the purchase of a 14-year-old Airbus plane by President Bola Tinubu for his official use.
The president has been criticised by many Nigerians for buying a used plane for $150 million without any approval of the parliament.
The purchase also comes at a time the country is going through an unprecedented economic crisis triggered by Tinubu’s policies.
Attempts by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga to justify the purchase of the luxury jet have met a brick wall as many Nigerians took to social media to condemn the president’s profligacy.
Ezekwesili, founder of The School of Politics, Policy, and Governance, shared her thoughts on the trending topic via her X page.
Her words: “No argument justifies the purchase of a 14 year old Airbus plane by President Bola Tinubu for his indulgence. No argument that can persuade reasonable people justifies this latest profligacy.
“Continue with your obscene indulgence until the Day your hungry citizens can no longer bear to sleep on their empty stomachs.
“I hope it is now evident to all eyes why they needed to “grab it…… snatch it ….. and run away with it”.
“All that desecration of our democracy was to acquire power for nothing but a self-indulgent lifestyle at the expense of the people. Nothing else.
“How crass! Just look at the country and its people. One Day shall be One Day.”
