Funding has been allocated to procure three PAC/CAC JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force. The government has set aside N5bn ($25.12m) for the purchase in its fiscal 2016 budget. Although details of the budget, which was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 22, were not made public, a copy of the document was subsequently leaked to the local press on January 5.
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