Lai Mohammed,
minister of information and culture, says the federal government spends N15m
daily to fuel the fighter jets used in the Boko Haram war.
Mohammed
said this in defence of the approval of $1bn from the excess crude account
(ECA) for the war against insurgency.
He
said the aircraft consume 64,021.08 litres of fuel per day amounting to
N15.153m daily.
The
minister said N20.19 million was spent on spares for the aircraft between
January and November.
“I
am talking of engine oil, plugs etc, amounted to N3.86m monthly,” he said at a
press conference in Lagos.
But
the estimation of N3.86 million within that period amounts to N42.46 million.
Mohammed
said that between November 5 and December 17, the amount spent on ammunition
was over $5m.
The
minister said the Boko Haram “asymmetric war” costs a lot of money.
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