FG Orders 53 Gold-plated iPhones to Celebrate Independence

British luxury products company, Gold and Co,
has revealed that it has an order from the
federal government to deliver 53 customised
gold iphones for the celebration of the 53rd
independence anniversary on October 1.
The founder of Gold and Co, Amjad Ali, was
quoted as telling the United Kingdom’s
Independent Newspaper that the Nigerian
government had made an order of “53 gold
iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of
independence from Britain next month.”
Ali said the order from the federal government
was that the iPhones “will be engraved with
Nigeria’s coat of arms, a shield and two
horses.”
Ali’s Gold and Co. clients include royal
families, governments and wealthy individuals
from across the world.
A gold-plated device costs between £3,000 and
£50,000 (N750,000 to N12.5 million).
The order from the government with its
customised coat of arm is believed to be
among the constant premium orders the
company gets.
The London-based company recently received
an order from the Saudi Arabia royal family
for “a gold iPhone studded with hundreds of
diamonds, including a giant piece that served
as the device’s ‘home’ button.”