The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to probe an
alleged spending of N10bn by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke, to charter and maintain a jet for her personal use.
The resolution indicated that the minister spent 500,000 Euros or N130m
monthly to maintain the aircraft in the last two years.
“Thus, in the last two years, the minister has committed at least
N3.120bn to maintaining the private jet, which is used solely for her personal
needs and those of her immediate family, which is an appalling act”, the
sponsor of the motion, Mr. Samuel Adejare, told the House.
He alleged that other “wasteful” costs associated with the minister’s
frequent trips with the jet were “currently estimated at N10bn, which include
payment of allowances to the crew for trips, hanger parking and rent based on
the lease agreement.”
The All Progressives Congress lawmaker from Agege Federal Constituency
in Lagos State, argued that, at a time of dwindling resources, it was a “breach
of public trust” and “impudence” for a government official to fly “all
over the world, obviously for leisure.”
Members endorsed the motion in a unanimous voice vote and directed the
Committee on Public Accounts to conduct the investigation within three weeks.
If the house committee on petroleum performed their oversite function, how come they did not query this alleged infraction. Does it mean that the money for the hire & maintenance of the private jet was never appropriated. How come the house members are just waking up from slumber ?
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ReplyDeleteWe don't have house of repesentive we have house of probe
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