The four new planes will cost a total of US$210 million naira, though only a part of the cost was prepared for in the budget.
Details of the new aircraft, including the type and cost of each one, were not disclosed.
The long-range Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), a Boeing 737 variant purchased during the tenure of the immediate past President Olusegun Obasanjo, is the top aircraft in the presidential fleet.
On Tuesday, President Umaru Yar'Adua submitted a 2010 budget of 4.079 trillion naira to the National Assembly (parliament) (US$1=150 Naira).
Lagos - 25/11/2009
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