Rivers Support Probe Of Private Jets

Top officials of Rivers State Government have
welcomed the call on Nigeria Civil Aviation
Authority, NCCA, to produce licences and
documentations of all private jets in the country
within 48 hours.
Some of them who spoke to newsmen in Port
Harcourt on condition of anonymity, said the
development would resolve controversies
surrounding the state government's Bombardier
global 700 jet.
They expressed surprise at the sudden denial of
the role of Caverton Helicopter in the acquisition
of the Bombardier Global jet by the
management of the firm.
It will be recalled that the Secretary to Rivers
State Government, Mr. George Feyii, had said
that importation of the aircraft was done
through a Nigerian company, Caverton
Helicopter, a claim the company reportedly
denied.
Feyii, who maintained that the aircraft belonged
to the state government, said that the state
government only incorporated a limited liability
company, the Bank of Utah Trustee, to facilitate
the transaction. Feyii explained that the
government had been paying all operational
charges on the aircraft.
"The above position shows that the plane
belongs to the Government of Rivers State."
Meantime, the top government officials in the
state, said the decision of the Ali Ahmed
Committee in the House of Representatives to
direct that all licences and documents for all
private jets in the country be brought before it
would resolve the controversy surrounding the
state government's aircraft.