The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, confirmed this to Vanguard News on Wednesday night.
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The decision of the House to intervene followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by an Ekiti lawmaker, Rufus Ojuawo.
The aircraft, registration 5N-ISB, was en route from Abuja to Kano when it encountered difficulties during landing at about 9:30 a.m.
Details about the sale were contained in a flyer shared on the X page of the NAF late Monday.
Olowo gave the advice in a communique issued by the General Manager, Accident Investigation Bureau, Tunji Oketumbi in Lagos on Sunday.
The aircraft will be completely manufactured by Emirati engineers in the UAE, Al-Maktoum said.
The development was discovered in a paid newspaper advertorial in of the country’s national dailies on Wednesday.
The National Economic Council at its 83rd meeting in 2017 had approved one billion dollars to be sourced from the country’s excess crude account for the fight against insurgency and other violent criminal activities across the country.
Alhaji Ibrahim AbdulAzeez, the Airport Manager, told the News Agency of Nigeria in llorin that 2,812 aircraft movements were also recorded in the same period in 2017.