Browsing: Stella Oduah

Oduah, who was supposed to appear before the Senate at Plenary in Abuja, will now face the Senate Committee on Aviation at a date yet to be announced

However, some educated, yet illiterate public commentators and their Igbo lay supporters are coming out of their closet to offer clannish solidarity to Stella Oduah who is a liar, money carnivore, thief, greedy, selfish, shameless, corrupt, a disgrace, an aberrant, a rake, plunderer, parasite and a cheat

In the last few weeks, I have received all sorts of bashings in the media. Many persons have also risen to my defence. Many have abused me, some out of a genuine sense of outrage that I allegedly spent the sum of USD1.6 Million of government funds to purchase for myself 2 nos bulletproof BMW Cars for my personal use

The suppliers of the controversial cars, bought at a highly inflated cost of N255 million, Coscharis Motors, denied ownership of a particular car with a chassis number completely different from the one it supplied to the NCAA

Oduah is expected to clarify issues relating to the controversial purchase of two BMW bullet proof cars by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority

It was also discovered that two of the four vehicles are said to be for the embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, and another two for the Managing Director of FAAN, George Uriesi.
Some of the vehicles were also bought for the use of directors of the agency

According to the statement: “In the face of the overwhelming evidences against the acquisition of the cars, we (NDF) strongly believe that an independent probe panel and not an administrative panel should look into the N255 million car scam. We doubt if the Presidency have the courage to really probe Oduah

The Public Procurement Act, Okoya-Thomas said, stipulates five years jail term without an option of fine for procurement without following due process, insisting that it must be implemented to the letter if there must be sanity in the procurement process

The House of Representatives had threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Oduah if by Tuesday she fails to appear before its Committee on Aviation to respond to issues on the controversial armoured BMW cars said to have been bought for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority

Ugolor condemned Jonathan’s approach to the matter, saying that his action amounts to aiding and abetting corruption by not allowing anti-graft agencies to discharge their functions

Defending suspected robbery of the money of Nigeria’s suffering masses and condemning those who point out such possible criminality, by invoking religious, ethnic or gender sentiments, falls into the category of actions of anti-Assad rebel, Abu Sakkar, who devoured a human heart in Syria, qualifying it as merited “retaliation” for the alleged atrocities of “the other side

The statement added: “Therefore, TMG is not at all surprised at the rash of response by the Minister to the purported “query” issued to her by the President

There has been public outcry over the manner the procurement of the cars was done just as it is believed that the price was grossly inflated

The medium reported that documents in its possession showed that the transaction for the purchase of the two BMW cars started in June, but the request for the delivery of and payment for them was fast-tracked between August 13 and 15, 2013

Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. George Ossi Afamefuna, the minister urged the state government to draw up a road map to achieve their goals

She said that the ministry and other stakeholders would not rest until every claim was verified and all families fully compensated in accordance with the law and existing regulations

Briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, noted that a lot of developments had occurred in the aviation sector over the years

Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike is also believed to be leaving the Federal cabinet to actualise his political ambition

She said that there were three controversial issues surrounding the Bombardier Global Express 5000/Registration N565RS, allegedly owned by the Rivers Government

The proposal is also seeking the approval of the FEC for Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure compliance with the provisions of the law