The APC in Rivers State has advised the state government to sell the “legacy 600 Aircraft” and use the fund realized to address some of the issues bedeviling the state.
Publicity Secretary of the party, Darlington Nwauju in a statement yesterday, said there is no economic benefit from the jet to Rivers State.
According to him, maintaining the jet will cost a fortune, and questioned where and how the state government will get the money required.
He said funds realized should be used to pay “five years salaries of RSSDA staff, payment of pensions, and gratuities, student’s bursaries and many more unresolved obligations of the state government”.
Also, “resuscitation of the moribund primary healthcare system, pay off all outstanding salaries owed teachers of demonstration secondary schools and also wrongfully dismissed lecturers of Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic”.
“no economic benefit” from the private jet to the people of Rivers state when the world is facing an economic meltdown” he added.
