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  The Commander, Presidential Air Fleet, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Abdullahi, has decried the maintenance costs of the aircraft under the unit, which he said, are now being underfunded, warning of the safety implications. Abdullahi told the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence that reduction of the proposed Overhead Cost proposed by PAF, by the Budget Office of the Federation under the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, will further make it difficult to maintain the presidential fleet. The PAF provides secure airlift to the president, the vice-president, their immediate families and other top government officials. The PUNCH  had exclusively reported on November 27, 2022, that PAF was indebted to several service providers for various upgrades carried out on the 10 aircraft in the fleet to meet the required airworthiness. Due to inadequate funding, some installations on the aircraft had again been postponed to 2023. Abd...