- Oluwabright Ejiagbe Jnr That is politicians for you. they sweat talk you to get what they want, and do what they like when they get the power. God help us
- Mufutau Adegoke Omotosho this hatread is going too far ... So Buhari is a thief in power .... And predecessors before him are saints or they are all thieves like him (another thief)????Nigerians ?!!!!!!!! We are getting too partisan in our deeds and sayings
- Yetunde Babajide @ Mufu. Lmao, going too far? Let me say it again.. BUHARI IS ANOTHER THIEF IN POWER. NOW GO AHEAD AND DELETE ME. All of us cannot be bench warmer at thesame time, someone has to speak up. As we speak the Nigerian president was building helipad while millions can't get paid, the price of food is going up again, what happened to job creation? where is the change now? and in fact, it has also been estimated that millions cannot be accounted for within his few days in office. He is another THIEF in power, please, tell him i said so.
- Nanwor Mamven Yetunde Babajide the importance of a helipad in Daura is that the President's trip to his home which he is entitled to would cost less as such PMB would be delivering on his promise to make governance cheaper, more money for amenities for the common man. Remember the media reports about the cost of Alison- Madueke's travels????
- Nanwor Mamven Yetunde Babajide you are quite pedestrian in your thinking, that there are no ministers yet does not mean the ministries are shutdown. Is the ministry of finance a handbag? Is it the minister for petroleum that keeps physical records of production?
- Kenny Ojo Enia o ribi sun aja harun. Helipad ni wa kan ni eyin agba oselu
- Yetunde Babajide Nanwor Mamven. First of all lady! The beauity of democracy lies in checks and balance, one of the reasons it is important to have Minister of finance or oil in place is that it keep the president in check so that president is not overseeing everything, if you allow just one man to do so, it will lead to tyranny and abuse of power, so as we speakk Buhari ought to have appoint many people along the line, but he refused and ofcourse he has his own mission. Which is to steal without a trace since no one wil question him. My dear, Nigeria is getting paid everyday in millions and the only person who is in charge of that right now is Buhari and Buhari only. No 2.
- Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju food for thought
- Yetunde Babajide No2. The helipad has no direct benefit to an average Nigerian out there, yes he may want to visit his home state, but that is not suppose to be on agenda number one, the helipad is not done on his own private money but on Nigeria money, and in fact, the public office is not supose to be an avenue to live a luxury lifestyle, he is not a musician or a bussiness owner, he is just a president, his duty is to serve and not enrich himself, only in Nigeria you can have people like u who may believe that his office is entitled to this and that. No, he is not entitled to no helipad. The last time i checked, Obama on many occassions has to to be transported from private helicopter back inside the car to get to his private house in illinois, what they will do is fly him to airforce base, pack the helicopter there since it belogs to the government, then they will provide him with his official car to transport him around the city.
Yetunde Babajide So as u can see, building helipad right now when no policy as been put in place to impact people's life is notthing buit corruption, let him fly to the nearby airport and get transported by the official car to Katsina, that way, we can safe more money, one thing u don't understand is that the cost of maintaianing this helicopters are very very high, and if he promised change, he better live by example.
On 28 June 2015 at 20:46, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:
"Aviation authorities start building helipad in Daura to enable Buhari fly there directly "
"FEDERAL aviation authorities have started building a helipad in President Muhammadu Buhari's hometown of Daura that will enable him fly directly there from Abuja and avoid the cumbersome journey through Katsina.
At the moment, whenever President Buhari wants to visit Daura, he flies to Katsina, the state capital and then drives overland to his country home. With the construction of the helipad, it will save President Buhari the hassle of embarking on a road journey from Katsina Airport as he will be able to fly in one of the presidential helicopters straight to Daura and by-pass Katsina Airport completely.
One presidency source said: "I can tell you that right now, they are building a helipad in Daura and when it is completed he doesn't have to fly to Katsina Airport again. Helipad is a kind of landing for helicopters.
"The maximum number of functional planes we have right now is six and out of that six, there is a high usage for it. Consider that last week in one day, the president used one to Katsina, the vice president used the other one to Lagos and the senate president used the third one to meet President Olusegun Obasanjo at Abeokuta via Lagos and later to Ilorin, Kwara State."
President Buhari has directed that nine of the VIP transport aircraft in the presidential fleet should be sold as part of the federal government's cost-saving measures. Although the presidency has since denied such directives but industry sources have confirmed that such plans are in the pipeline.
http://nigerianwatch.com/…/7264-aviation-authorities-start-…
For us to move forward in this nation, we should be able to chastise our leaders for their wrong doings, even though they are our preferred. When then shall we reach the promise land?
is this not the president that travelled with almost zero aides in economy class, drinks fura or a sachet of milo as shown sometime ago, so as to help cut expenses for our dear nation? so many cut down they made themselves believe?
Helipad, Helipad, grandpa is building a helipad in his Daura. That is how to cut cost you know. Especially when you meet an empty treasury.
He drinks satchet milo at Transcorp, uses Mercedes something something, in fact, have you heard about how he travelled with some people to South Africa, paid for his hotel room across the desk and told them to pay for their rooms by themselves - some grown ups believed the story and are spreading it. They believe that the president of NIGERIA pays for his hotel room with cash at a hotel reception
Don't forget this helipad was not included in the 2015 budget. Grandpa is obviously building the helipad from his pocket since the treasury is empty or what could it be?
Here is a drama king, Buoda Dele Momodu's recently released picture of himself with a tear in the eye.
I don't know what or why he was crying, I simply saw a long letter accompanied with a picture. I don't read rubbish anymore so I have posted it for people to read and interpret to me.
May be he doesn't like traveling by road due to his age. But he used to do so nah. Did he become aged overtime?
From Daura to Katsina is
84.4 KLM 1 and 1/2 hours drive
You sabi teach me well.
Helipad ke dapihel ni
He borrowed money for the Helipad from the same bank that offered him loan for his N27m party nomination form .
You know how it works na..........call the bank manager and tell him to honour your cheque whether you are on red or black.
By the way IFY.....where is Ugwoke Oloto Odobo........Okey Ugwuada and co? Are they on exile
We deserve the type of leadership we have .
Wicked people! Wicked world!
#1. I think flying by chopper will save the citizens a lot of disruptions caused by VVIP movement from the airport. We suffered so much in abuja whenever jonathan and his over 40 car escorts are moving from d airport to the state house.
#2. It will remove the need for a long motorcade, the security details and the costs on other logistics.
#3. It is better security-wise.
#4. It will free the police and soldiers who usually stand sentry along the path of the presidential movt for more serious duties. For instance, they line up from d state house here up to the airport in abuja. This may happen for several hours.
#5. Flying home with a chopper will save the president about one and half hour based on your calculation.
#6. The cost for this helipad shouldn't be so much, and can easily be funded from the president's security vote.
The last time we(a coy I previously worked for) rehabilitated a helipad for a multinational oil company at a gas plant, it cost less than $60,000. That included the purchase and installation of modern aviation equipments to allow for night landings as well.
From my estimation, to build a new helipad with modern aviation equipments at Daura should not cost more than $150,000. That is, if the contract is not bloated in the Nigerian way. There are tens of such helipads scattered around oil flowstations here in the Niger Delta.
So if Mr. President wants to have a $150,000 helipad at his hometown for convenience and aviation safety. There is nothing wrong in that.
The helipad will likely be built on a government land and will remain an FG infrastructure. There is nothing wrong with that.
Such stories should not even make the headline.
Some individuals have helipads in their private residences here in Nigeria, what then is wrong in the President of Nigeria having one at his hometown?
Afterall, it will be a property of the govt after his tenure.
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