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Monday, 14 July 2014

Wealthy Nigerians splash N34.9b annually on maintenance of jets

According to an Encomium magazine report, wealthy Nigerians spend close to 35 billion Naira on maintenance of their private jets. Find the full report below...
Wealthy Nigerians are living large, with the richest among us shelling out billions of naira on private jets and their maintenance.
Interestingly, the 250 private jet owners in Nigeria splash an average of N34.9 billion annually to maintain their expensive toys. Encomium Weekly’s check revealed that aside splashing over N1.8 trillion to acquire their jets, they spend an estimated N9 billion annually as salary to their expatriate pilots and N900 million annually to the crew, while a whopping N25 billion is splashed on general maintenance annually by them. Continue..
Information available to Encomium revealed that two expatriates usually man these toys and their take home monthly salary is N1.5 million. That means an average of 500 pilots are in charge of the wheel of these jets. Thus, monthly, the 250 jet owners squander over N750 million and that equals N9 billion annually.

Also, an average of three cabin crew members are usually on board and their monthly take home pay is averagely N100,000.  Thus, an average of 750 crew members are on the payroll of these wealthy Nigerians and they splash an average of N75 million and their monthly salary and N900 million annually.

Furthermore, an estimated N100 million is expended on each jet annually for maintenance home and abroad.  These includes daily landing and parking fees home and abroad, A and B checks mostly in the USA, several millions on jet fuel, amongst others.

Nigeria has now taken the front seat in the business of private jet ownership which is now a trend and competition among the rich in the country.

More exciting revelations have emerged that the penchant for private jet acquisition has cost wealthy Nigerians over N1.8 trillion aside the several billions used to maintain them annually.

Investigation by EWy revealed that about 250 private jets are currently owned by them. The luxury trend actually rose by 700 percent between 2007 and 2014 and this has increased the rate of private jet acquisition from 20 in 2007 to over 250 in 2014, which has placed Nigeria and China as the fastest growing private jet markets in the world.

Aircraft manufacturers like Bombardier, Gulf Stream, Embraer, Hawker Siddley and Challenger have made Nigeria their huge market because of the demand for these aircraft types.

The common brands of private jets in Nigeria are Hawker Siddley 125-800 and 900XP, Gulfstream 450, 550 and 650; Bombardier Challenger 604, 605; Global Express; Embraer Legacy and Falcons.
The state-of-the-art private jets being flown by business moguls, pastors, politicians and public office holders in the country are made by one of these manufacturers.

Checks by us revealed that Bombardier jets lead the pack wirh over 108 varieties, Gulfstreams followed with an average of 70 jets, Hawker followed suit with 40, while Falcon is becoming a common trend with about 30 pieces and the most expensive being Gulfstream G650 with just two of its type in Nigeria.

“The Regional Vice-President, Sales, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Bombardier Business Aircraft, the Canada-based aircraft manufacturing firm, Mr. Khadar Mattar, was reported to have admitted the private jet market in Nigeria as currently “booming.”

According to our investigation, an average Bombardier jet goes for N8billion. Thus, 108 pieces will total N800 billion. Gulfstream is N7.2 billion now and 70 of that is N507.5 billion. Hawker jet is N4.8 billion and 40 of that would be N192 billion. Falcon X7 being expensive is N8.2billion and 30 of that goes for N247.5 billion. The most expensive of them is Gulfstream G650 which is valued at N11.5 billion and two of that is N23 billion. Thus the total is N1.8 trillion.

According to our source, most of the jets arrived at Evergreen Apple Hangar, Executive Hanger and other private hangars. The four major airports where there is a boom in private jet flights are Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and majorly Lagos. It was revealed that the flights are predominantly plying Europe and America. In Africa, the movements are actually to Ghana, the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda and South Africa. We have it on good authority that over 70 percent of these jets bear foreign registration numbers and were being used for commercial purposes indirectly. Industry sources squealed that the alarming rate at which business executives fly private jets within and outside the country revealed the indirect commercial usage of private jets by wealthy Nigerians and a lot of them have more than one jet.

They allegedly declared one officially which they registered in Nigeria and another one they acquired but registered with foreign names. They use these ones to fly individuals and corporate executives. It was learnt that this trend informed the unpopular Federal Government aviation policy in 2013, which stipulated that for a private aircraft owned or leased by individuals, only the family members of the owner will be permitted on board as passengers.

106 comments:

Unknown said...

Money is speaking. I must make money mehn! I'm out ***CATCH ME IF U CAN***

LINDA said...

Na wah ooo. Wetin we no go see for ds our Naija! And some people barely eat twice a day. Wat a world!

Debbie Chelsea said...

Hmmmm

Unknown said...

PROSPERITY..........WEALTH, FINANCIAL FLUORISHING......

PRAY TO MAKE IT BIG......PRAY FOR FINANCIAL FLUORISHING....
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Moye B

bbm 7439955a said...

Your pastors that may I used may not see Heaven.. Catholic all the way. ENGR Emy.

APPLE said...

Main while their congregations are hungry. Nigerians have been so brain washed by this pastors. mtcheeeew.

IBK said...

Interesting...at the end, cost of maintenance triples cost of purchase. Most wld av loved to add private airports to their collections and propeties for their conveniences

ary said...

Yet a large percentage of their church members are on a salary income of less than a 100,000 a year! If Jesus was this way, you think salvation would have reached us all?

Anonymous said...

Life is too short to be suffering when you are damn rich..When I make a lot of money too, I will buy mine..#Godpunishpoverty..@blissful_jay

Ikenna Collins said...

Ihe nke ahu bu ihe nke uwa,e nwuo taa ala erie gi

Anonymous said...

Money speaks #bright bravo#

Anonymous said...

wow! interesting. Too much money.

Anonymous said...

really wealthy..patoswife@gmail.com

jennifer Helen said...

Hmmm, okay.

Anonymous said...

With all these money yet most of there church member and church workers pray to God 4 a miracle of there own rent 1 room apartment mehn heaven is very far I swear

Breezy_p
080MTN finest
Danabiaziem@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

These folks and their riches wish it could just go around.
Cooldavoe@yahoo.com

BONARIO NNAGS said...

And who says Nigeria is not rich
Tired of praying for things to get better,now praying for my turn to come.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

Jesus ride donkey when he was alive

Anonymous said...

Jesus Christ

Anonymous said...

They Gat †Ñ’ƹ Chedaz That's Why They Are Spending In That Much. (Linda's Man)

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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All this things in my country and am still using nokia E5.... Is all gud shah....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Na wa, nd deir r lots of naija children sufferin out der.... It is well

Zoe Ami said...

Pastors and others!!!!!! There is God ooo

Anonymous said...

......by milking the flock of course. Pity.

Anonymous said...

Why this very lenghty story with pictures of pastors attached to it. Is this another attempt to direct public outrage and tongue lashing towards our men of God ? SMH....The story talks about biz executives yet no one picture of a biz executive included. We understand the motive behind the story but sorry you missed me on this one, we love our men of God and those who serve God deserve to have the best. .Next pls...

Amarachukwu. said...

Chai! DarisgodOooo

Anonymous said...

GOD will punish all this religious people,who rip members of their money,in order to enrich their-selves nd their family members. Same goes to the Politicians also.

DOBY DOBY said...

Kai.. nd som pple av mor dan 1 private jet. . Diarris god oo.. lindami y did u use only pastors pix.. hahaha. . Hope dey al av charity organisations

Riwo Adhuze said...

Good for them.

Unknown said...

Wicked soulss#urr judgement await u all

Anonymous said...

Ok so wat should we do?? We should protest against how dey spend deir own money

Anonymous said...

Nigerian leaders are heartless, and the people suffer. Thank God anyway.

Anonymous said...

what??? :()...nkemdirimeverista111@gmail.com

Vondel said...

All of em gon to hell..I think they better enjoy the ill gotten wealth..#antichrist pastors

Anonymous said...

Naija Pastors God is just smiling at you

Anonymous said...

God Almighty please hear my cry and grant all my heart desires!Amen these men are men of God and r Top richest, remember me OLORD'
mmike09@yahoo.com
1st to comment

Abraham Ndu said...

I still think there's a lot of money in Nigeria and people are making it. My turn would be here soon!!!

Anonymous said...

N they re Christ like n Pastors, pastoRing us. Pretex4luv@yahoo.com

Hismajesty said...

This is amazing... And we complain that we don't have money in this country.. Well well ...May Almighty God make me a private jet owner someday (Amen)

Jay said...

Linda Ikeji. Why are there only pictures of Nigerian pastors in this article? They are not the only ones in this country to own private jets! Where are the pictures of Dangote, Otedola, Adenuga, Alakija, Fernández, Akande etc?

Unknown said...

Hmmm. O di kwa egwu.

Unknown said...

#MONEY SPEAKS.........

ojay said...

Idk why but reading stuffs like this just doesn't feel right for my reading pleasures

Anonymous said...

what??...nkemdirimeverista111@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

And some of their church members are going to bed at night with empty stomach.God is watching.

Unknown said...

Wow see money, dere is God oooooooo

Anonymous said...

offering time money working...........

Anonymous said...

U can only leave GOD to judge!

Toronto Finest said...

Make dem dey enjoy jare...

Anonymous said...

Jesus never owned a private Donkey. well, who am I 2 judge men of God and their luxury life.
....Her Excellency.....

Anonymous said...

Hmmm! Very informative. No wonder the so-called men of God are kicking against a legislature by the senate to pay tax. Let them keep flying in jets while their devotees keep flying in abject poverty. Contunu...there is God ooo!

Obailala said...

Many thanks to Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (GCFR) for his blunt refusal to check corruption due to either his weakness, incompetence or sheer love for the corruption itself..

THE AMOUNT OF NIGERIAN PUBLIC FUNDS STOLEN IN THE LAST 4 YEARS DWARFS THE TOTAL AMOUNT STOLEN FROM 1980 - 2010... Now every idiot in Nigeria including militants like Tompolo now own private jets worth billions..

It is even more disheartening that unlike our previous corrupt leaders who ALLOWED only themselves and their close allies to steal, GEJ in the spirit of his GENTLENESS allows every idiot to steal from our collective national wealth and this is even inclusive of his sworn political enemies...

Unknown said...

Linda take it easy

Anonymous said...

WELCOME TO NIGERIA :®Where sex is free and love is costly.®Where loosing a phone is more painful than loosing VIRGINITY...®Where, if u don't cheat on your partner, u are not sharp and smart.®Where Bathrooms has become photo STUDIO...®Where getting a GALAXY phone is greater than achieving a DEGREE...®Where yahoo boys have brighter future than graduates...®Where temples are turned into dating points,®Where worshiping God in truth & spirit is difficult.®Where lies are turned into realities...®Where ladies fear Pregnancy than HIV...®Where pizza delivery is faster than emergencyresponse®Where people fear thieves, robbers & Boko Haram than God...®Where people go to church with BB chargers rather than Bible.®Where guys are scared of getting married but love to have sex...®Where we have highest number of musician due to unemployment.®Where the higher your offense the lower ur punishment andvice versa...®Where the number of churches & mosque are more than the worshipers.. ®Where we say Up NEPA more than we say Praise THE LORD... ®Where a school drop-out politician is Ten times richer and more respected than a professor...®Where unemployed youths pick up weapons to fight in support of the politicians who deprive them of employment & a good life...®where someone who cannot speak English but can say @Chai, Chai deris God ooo" is given honorary Doctorate degrees...WHAT A COUNTRY!!..I BOW AND STILL BOW TO SAY good evening.

Oyin

Anonymous said...

Jesus Rode On A Donkey When Wanted To Go To Jerusalem. All Iz Well. (Linda's Man)

Anonymous said...

Please let all dedicate a day to swear for all the people in this country who had made life meaningless to others in these country called Nigeria....PASTOR , ALFA'S , POLITICIAN ...I start with

I) GOD ...NA YOU VEX WITH ABACHA... COME VEX WITH ALL THESE SET OF PEOPLE FOR ME

Anonymous said...

Please let all dedicate a day to swear for all the people in this country who had made life meaningless to others in these country called Nigeria....PASTOR , ALFA'S , POLITICIAN ...I start with

I) GOD ...NA YOU VEX WITH ABACHA... COME VEX WITH ALL THESE SET OF PEOPLE FOR ME

Anonymous said...

Any way na way. Keep a mind of a hustler nd b wise. I shall make it n lyf.

yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

This is one of the things that vexes me greatly. It is well!!!!

Ofilispeaks.com said...

Like I say always...we need to task the Churches in Nigeria. But the problem is that the tax will go back to corrupt government so we are back to square one.

Steveosky 4 Real. said...

What God will judge on the last day !!

SVC said...

Nigerian, is hıgly blessed.. Seems ı will ı will Stop payıng my tithe in church. Even in deuteronomy 14 Vs 22 to 26.. That you should use ur tithe to büy whatsoever your soul lustest after, nkwobı, chıcken and chıps, and even strong alcohol, ör for whatsoever your soul desıreth..mhen it is hıgh time ı stopped gıvıng tıthe... IT İŞ WELL!

Unknown said...

money speaking



BORN TO SHINE!!!!

Unknown said...

Pls tell them.

Anonymous said...

They have all paid their dues
jenniferanthonella@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Bad leaders in naija.. One things i believe is that when one of U die. The secret of ur power will review out.. Coz you can't call your self man of God and be doing all this. When poor people outside there cry for food and no money too. God will judge Una. Esa ake gan ni.

Anonymous said...

Gbam... U Jst took d word outta my mouth

King Dave Anya said...

its never a crime to spend ur money the way u want and come to think of it, these pastors have means of making money and they are not criminals as people paint them. its not easy to pastor a church or be the pope of the world, why mess up their image and mind u they are all ordained men and women of God even the catholic and other priests. linda thanks for recognizing men of God as the wealthy people cos u believe its genuine and am wealthy too.

SIMPLYCOCK said...

Will get me brand new Gulf Stream if I ever have the means.
Hate on the rich and die poor..
For folks who think poverty is virtue, you're on your own!!!
OML

Anonymous said...

Brother, where was it ever stated that most of the jets belong to pastors. There are only a few pastors with private jets in the country, and you may equally add that the jets are registered to the churches and many of the pastors within those churches fly them too.

Unknown said...

Vanity upon vanity...

Olaide Davies said...

Splendid!

Unknown said...

i just tire for this pastors sha, why do all this. be like Christ, why aint you guys acting or doing what you preach to people. your members in church cant afford to go to your schools nor even afford to it yet you take away the little ones they have in the name of give all you have and God will bless you. Its well with una oooo

Anonymous said...

Same Jesus told us that we will always have the poor among us......if pastors don't enjoy this things abeg na BaBalawo suppose enjoy am ni?

Anonymous said...

Typical brainwashed Nigerian. Businessmen worked and created while Pastors' got smart and dispossessed gullible Nigerians of their money. One day will be one day, monkey go go market, e no go return.

Anonymous said...

But the same God gives us brain to think and come to logical and reasonable conclusions.

mystic Sun said...

So Linda, out of the 250 Nigerians that own jet, it only the picture of Pastors that deserves to be displayed... mind your self o, i wonder the controversy that you want to create.

Anonymous said...

Nigerians, arise and take your destinies in your own hands. Reject manipulation, reject corruption, reject lies and deceit, reject brainwashing. Nothing changes unless it is compelled to.. One of the Newton's Laws of Motion states 'a stationary object continues in its state of rest unless an external force acts on it and an object in motion continues moving unless an external force acts on it. If Nigerians desire a change in Nigeria, it must be made to happen by Nigerians, not politicians ot pastors or the military or even the Almighty God. Until such a time, the status quo remains.

Anonymous said...

So you still dey pay tithe and human beings like you dey enjoy on top your sweat? Anyway I dey like you some years ago. You be MUMU.

Anonymous said...

Choi! Der is money in dis country o. Dis Pastor Adeboye sef..deris God ooooo. Oyindamolaharvey@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

LINDA PLS BECAREFUL OF YOUR POSTS BECOS LOST OF PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE KEEP SAYING YOU CARRY FAKE NEWS. AND I JUST CONFIRMED IT NOW. PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME DOES NOT HAVE A PRIVATE JET. IT IS ONE OF HIS RICH CHURCH MEMBER FROM ZIMBABWE WHO PROMISED TO BUY HIM JET AND HE DECLINED IT AND THE RICH MEMBER PROMISED THAT HE WILL BE USING HIS PRIVATE JET TO FLY HIM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HE FEELS LIKE GOING TO.

Anonymous said...

PLS LIB READERS: PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME DOES NOT HAVE A PRIVATE JET. IT IS ONE OF HIS RICH CHURCH MEMBER WHO PROMISED TO BUY HIM JET AND HE(PASTOR CHRIS)DECLINED IT AND THE RICH MEMBER PROMISED THAT HE WILL BE USING HIS PRIVATE JET TO FLY HIM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HE FEELS LIKE GOING TO.

Anonymous said...

DEAR READERS, WHEN YOU PAY YOUR TITHE U SHUD BEAR IN MIND THAT YOU ARE PAYING TO GOD NOT MA. ANY IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PAYING OR GIVING TO MAN OR PASTOR THEN YOU CAN STOP. WHAT A MAN SOWS HE REAPS. IF U DONT RELEASE YOUR MONEY TO GIVE TO GOD IN CHURCH OR HELP YOUR FELLOW HUMAN, THEN U CAN EQUALLY NOT EXPECT HELP OR MONEY FROM ANYONE. VERY SIMPLE. SO DONT COMPLAIN WHEN YOUR UNCLE OR PEOPLE YOU EXPECT HELP FROM TURN YOU DOWN COS WAT U SOW U REAP.GIVING OR RECEIVING IS NOT BY FORCE

Jewel said...

funny nigerians. u pay tax and federal govt gives allocation to states and they dont use it well for the states need, no one dares fight the government. And then you give to God in church and you complain about it. what a foolish thinking. except a pastor forces u to give, it is not by force to give in church. if u feel ur money is making a church rich then stop giving son that you can stop complaining.

Anonymous said...

this is terrible while some people can not afford a meal a day dis pastors are lavishing money like dis god dey o.

Bosslady said...

And I'm almost sure half of these jet owners are so-called 'men of god'. Till judgement day na....Hian!

Unknown said...

And God punish devil...The painful part is dt half of the jet owners r pastors, people's offering n tithe, God is watching all of them.

Anonymous said...

Mehn I nid 2 buy dat gulfstream G650...dat,s my dream jet.......COMING TO GET U

Anonymous said...

They didn't steal it, It's their money, they worked for it and can afford to spend it as they like. How about the whole country's money being stolen/shared by govt officials and politicians everyday? abeg make una leave matter.

Anonymous said...

Anony 8:53 am ..you are the one thats probably being brain washed and remotely manipulated by a young apprentice journalist working for one newspaper somewhere of which i am sure hes much younger and smarter than you are.. Anony 8:44 is making sense. The writeup is about politicians,bussiness men , pastors and other wealthy nigerians but has only the pictures of pastors attached in the presentation just to whine little brains like you.Incase you are aggrieved you can stop attending church if you were doing so b4 and tell everyone that you know never to attend, and if they do warn them seriously never to give a dime as offering any more, lets see how far that will go in solving your grieviance.

Anonymous said...

Linda I'm wondering why you only used faces of pastors. Are they the only rich Nigerians that own private jets.
We have to be careful. We are not God and have no right to judge people

Anonymous said...

Most of those jets are owned by private companies who provide services to other companies and individuals who contracts their services. Some of the pastors and other individuals hires these air-crafts on demand or has contracts with the owners and operators. Its good we get proper information on how aviation services are operated.

Anonymous said...

Having money is not bad, owning jets not bad either. Jets are not for pleasure but necessities. Now, if u have billions of dollars, many will still be poor. Poverty in itself is a mentality. Further more, with or without your offerings Pastors will still fly their jets. Its d anointing that is operational grace that is at work.

Anonymous said...

aunty linda,i think its wrong to use the pixs of pastors meanwhile pastor chris does not have a private jets.

CHIBUZOR IGWAH said...

Yes Linda, our papa's are so great. That's as it should be and good evidence that heaven is supporting them mightily. Mind you, it's their wealth's that makes them great men of God and not what they're capable to do with their faith in the lord. Only in Nigeria but there' Godooo.

Anonymous said...

The fleet will soon swell with mine own.Dont be deceived, average people and busy executives in developed economies own jets.Nothing New, it is akın to the status ascribed to DSTV and satelite in the early 90s when it newly arrived.

Anonymous said...

Hu wants to catch u ,u ds fool. Msew foh!

Anonymous said...

Church is a huge business. Why do they need all this wealth? in heaven there are many mansions, sooooooo store up not treasure for your self on earth, they wouldn't show this much interest in wealth if they belief in what they preach.Days are gone when pastor's brain washing worked on me, am sooooooooo done.

Anonymous said...

Its never a new thing for pastor or politicians to hve private jet. Bcos even in US alot do hav. Talk of oral robert. He has as many jet, an his pastors working with him have too.not on or even five. Bfore anyone of u castigate pastors , google d trend in oda country. Even china u talk so much abt are still poor in some area cos their labour is cheap which confirm why most of dem run to aafrican country for space nd being worship. Go to immigration we recieve nt less dan 200 Chinese application n odaa to nationalis. A

Anonymous said...

I feel dis report is exaggerated bcos its meaniless until u linda or ur source name d remaining owners. 250 sound like Ferrari owners. Maybe 25. Nd I wil belive and tht amount is not seem to be true.

Anonymous said...

God please cant me among the millionaires and let them say about me.

Anonymous said...

Continue to give your meager salary to the wealthy pastors jare. No mind them! The rich shall be made richer by people like you-anonymous

Anonymous said...

linda u sef, u amaze me lik person wey no fear GOD.y did u accept dis story knwn wt it means indirectly wt top men of GOD as d cover story? if u lik dont post ma comment.

Anonymous said...

Why do you all keep shouting, was there jet when Jesus was preacher, so why do you go on cars and plan too now, you for continue to dey leave your life like in the days of Jesus on earth now, the bible say pay your tithe, because pastor buy plane, you say you no go pay tithe again, and now you dey blame pastor we get plane, weather you like am or not fingers can never ever be equal, or is it all the pastors in naija wey get PJ, NO. So pray to God to make you very wealthy so that you can feed everybody wey no get food chop for the whole world with your money, I tire for all these poverty stricken mentality.

Anonymous said...

Ok wealthy nigerian? So why e com be say na only pastors face we dey see here, pls stop this rubbish or thunder go fire you

eboka chukwuemeka said...

Are these pastors the only Nigerian that own and operate private jets ? Why pick on them ? They were called and they in turn called and people whose hearts were touched by God as was in the days of king saul responded to them. If you feel you are called, make your own call and anybody touched will follow and who knows you may end up with your own jets if jets are the issues here

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