The House of Representatives yesterday passed a
resolution to probe the expenditures of the
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani
Alison-Maduekwe, on a private jet she allegedly
charters for private use and maintains with public
funds.
According to the sponsor of the bill, Hon Samuel
Adejare who represents Lagos State, the minister
maintains the jet with 500,000euros or N130
million monthly
"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"he said. He said the frequent use of the
Jet by the Minister and her family members
has caused an estimated N10billion to be
spent on it for maintenance, fuel, payment of
crew members, hanger rentage and others.
In a unanimous vote, the house members
adopted the resolution and mandated its
committee on Public Accounts to investigate the
matter and provide results within 3weeks.
In a related development, a member of the House,
Hon Aminu Suleiman through a motion he
presented to the house, revealed that the Nigeria
Liquified Natural Gas NLNG had not remitted any
of its generated revenue to the federation account
since 2004 till date. The house committee on
Natural Gas was directed to investigate the claims
by Hon Aminu.
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