FG Orders 53 Gold-Plated iPhones



Gold Plated iPhone 5

 The Chief Executive Officer, Gold and Co., United Kingdom, Amjad Ali, has told a United Kingdom newspaper, The Independent, that the Federal Government has ordered 53 gold-plated iPhone 5S mobile handsets from his firm as part of the memorabilia for the nation’s 53rd Independence anniversary on October 1, 2013.

The gold iPhones are said to be worth £2.65m (about N682m).

Each of the gold-plated iPhones costs up to £50,000, said The Independent, in its report on Wednesday.

The minimum cost of basic models of iPhone in gold or rose gold is £3,000.

                                                               -The Punch

Can someone tell what the rationale behind this is? How does this help anything at all, with regards to the issues at hand? These are what I would consider sensible as memorabilia for the 53rd Anniversary: a new Nigeria Police, the commissioning of 6000 megawatts, new public schools up North, agricultural equipments for our farmers, and any other thing noble enough to suggest our public officials have been working in the first place. (sighs)