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The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG)[1]is shocked at the shameful and embarrassing transaction and acquisition of two BMW 760LI armoured cars for the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) at an outrageous and ridiculous cost of N255 million.
It is even more shocking that at a time like this when Nigerian people are calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to sanction the Minister as a deterrent to others, Mr. President is not only romancing and massaging the car scandal, but found it comfortable to make Stella Oduah a leading member of his entourage to Israel on pilgrimage. Therefore, TMG is not at all surprise at the rash of response by the Minister to the purported “query” issued to her by the President. Given our governance system, It may well be the person issuing the query is the same person providing answers.
In a decent society where value system is not relegated to the background, both the Minister and Director General of NCAA should have been suspended from their positions to enable unfettered and uninhibited investigation. However, from the response of the aviation Minister, it is palpable clear that relevant documents concerning the purchase of ludicrous BMW armored cars may have been destroyed and evidence invented to justify the unjustifiable.
This action to say the least, contradicts the anti-corruption posture of President Goodluck Jonathan government. It is intolerable and deceitful for a Ministry struggling to overcome endless air mishaps on account of poor funding and mismanagement to be engaged in such frivolous transactionsand financial misdemeanor.
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