According to report, Nigeria tops the list of private jet owners in Africa and among those who own these flying toys are four powerful women.
Below is a list of the four women:
One of Nigeria’s first female billionaire is
the founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company that owns a substantial
participating interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami
deep water oilfield in Nigeria. She is estimated to be worth at least
$3.2 billion. She is said to own at least $100 million in real estate
and a $46 million private jet.
Diezani Alison-Madueke:
She has held three significant positions in
the Nigerian federal government. She was appointed Transport Minister in
July 2007. On 23 December 2008, she was named as Minister of Mines and
Steel Development and in 2010, she was appointed Minister for Petroleum
Resources. She is the first woman to hold the position of Minister of
Petroleum Resources in Nigeria.
In 2013, she was accused by the federal
lawmakers of squandering N10 billion to charter and maintain private
jet solely for her personal needs and those of her immediate family.
Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya:
She is the managing director of Practoil
Limited, one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in
Nigeria, serving local lubricant blending plants. She was said to have
recently acquired a Gulfstream G650 aircraft as a birthday gift to
herself. She is regarded as the closest friend of Dame Patience
Jonathan, the Nigerian First Lady and according to sources close to her,
she has grown to become the strongest PDP stalwart in Kwara. She is one
of the richest women in Africa.
Daisy Danjuma:
She is the wife of one of Nigeria’s richest
men, General Theophilus Danjuma. According to report, she got hers as a
gift from her billionaire husband. In 2003 she was elected Senator of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she served on numerous committees,
most notably as Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Women and
Children’s Rights Committee and Senate Committee Chairman on Women
Affairs and Youth Development.
