OAM4J:

Go back and read the whole report. Obviously you didn't.

OluwaDrey: and u sat with her in her office that day and knew she didn't ask questions,eh?? I hope u're not a nitwit

OAM4J:

Go back and read the whole report. Obviously you didn't.

OAM4J: I am not fooled by Oduah's answer. How can you approve an expense without first asking necessary questions, like if the expense is covered in the budget? So what is the basis of seeking the Minister's approval if all she does is just to rubber stamp every proposal?

Moukafoam:

Why are you always quick to hurl insult? If don't have a contribution to make please read and don't comment. Try it I bet you will love it

OluwaDrey: ogbeni,I did. Perhaps u are the one that needs to apply wisdom to what u've read

Moukafoam:

Why are you always quick to hurl insult? If don't have a contribution to make please read and don't comment. Try it I bet you will love it

engrfcuksmtin: The fact is that somebody will go down for this.

baby-boy:
All I see here, is someone coached and prepared all her answers, I smell a cover up

Why would the Aviation Minister attend to or purchase bulletproof cars foreign dignitaries?

Dont we have a foreign Minister?

aguiyi:

am sure you have never worked in a corporate environment.

the reason budgets are drawn is so that everybody is guided and if for any reason you act outside of its provisions you go in for it.

do the needful is an English word. its means do whats was agreed in the budget as the approved expense

baby-boy:
All I see here, is someone coached and prepared all her answers, I smell a cover up

Why would the Aviation Minister attend to or purchase bulletproof cars foreign dignitaries?

Dont we have a foreign Minister?

OAM4J:

No problem sir. If you read through and you couldn't see her admittance of not finding out the basics before approving the purchase then its needless I explain it to you cos I will only be wasting my time. Cheers.

gbadexy: "Do the needful". Ambiguous statement!
But we all know it means I no suppose tell u with all mouth before u understand na.
The Ag dg is the fall guy and possible cosharis.
I don't think there is anything tangible on the minister. She covered her self well.

aguiyi:

am sure you have never worked in a corporate environment.

the reason budgets are drawn is so that everybody is guided and if for any reason you act outside of its provisions you go in for it.

do the needful is an English word. its means do whats was agreed in the budget as the approved expense

Sincere 9gerian:

NCAA has not spent any money not
appropriated by the National Assembly- Oduah

Sincere 9gerian:

"NCAA acted within the ambit of law”.
“Nothing in the stated documents
mentioned my name. I did not request for
any vehicles. All I did was to approve the
purchase, subject to the agency doing the
needful (following the law). NCAA followed
due process as required by law.”- Oduah

OAM4J: I am not fooled by Oduah's answer. How can you approve an expense without first asking necessary questions, like if the expense is covered in the budget? So what is the basis of seeking the Minister's approval if all she does is just to rubber stamp every proposal?

theshadyexpress:

12:17
She said her spokesperson’s admission of
the alleged purchase, while right on
concerns for her safety, was “inaccurate”.
She goes ahead to say online publications
that she compelled NCAA to purchase cars
for her were “false and malicious”
allegations. “False in its entirety!”
Says online allegations not substantiated
but based on “erroneous” comment of her
aide.

DerideGull:


I have said it and will continue to say that Nigeria is filled to the brink with fools. Where did Nigerian constitution forbid anybody from the use of armored car as insinuated by Jerry Manwe of Taraba state?

arabanibaba: I DEY FOLLOW AM BOMBER TO BOMBER

lacidi:
Are you actuallying following this whole saga? Did you take time to read what the NCAA boss said about the dignitaries? Did you see where he mentioned the agencies that the dignitares represent? Did you not see that the list was all Airpace/airport inspection and accreditiation agencies. How does that then concern foreign afffairs ministry?

Na wa. The urge to find Oduah guilty has really made people to lose the ability for objective arguement.

theshadyexpress: 14:14 Attention has left the minister for more than half an hour. Lawmakers again tackle Coscharis over the disparity in chassis numbers of the cars. A frustrated Chief Executive of Coscharis, Cosmas Maduka,makes it clear his company has nothing to hide as the committee would think. “We are not doing monkey business here,” he asserted Mr Maduka was asked to withdraw the comment and he promptly complied.

‘Oduahgate’: Okonjo-Iweala clears the air, says no duty waiver granted for armoured cars



The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, this afternoon denied as “totally false and without foundation” reports that she granted duty exemption for the bullet-proof cars purchased by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) which is now subject to investigation by the National Assembly.

Clearing the air on the issue, Okonjo-Iweala said in a statement issued by her Special Adviser, Paul C Nwabuikwu:

“Rather, on June 23, 2012, the Lagos State Government applied for Waiver of Destination Inspection Charges and Duty Exemptions for Coscharis Motors Nigeria Ltd, the official Automobile Partner for the National Sports Festival (“EKO 2012”), to purchase 300 vehicles on its behalf for the event.

“Since the Lagos State Government met the laid down criteria, the waiver was granted.

It is also important to clarify that the waiver granted to the Lagos State Government for the event did not include the purchase of armoured vehicles.”

Coscharis Motors has meanwhile denied that the cost of the vehicles was inflated as alleged by those calling for the sack of Aviation Minister Stella Oduah over the issue.

•Photo shows Okonjo-Iweala.

Source News Express

Posted 31/10/2013 11:49:33 AM

He said the waiver granted covered the period of one year after which it would expire, maintaining that the Nigeria Customs was just an implementer of the laws and policies of government. He said however that because the cars were imported in the name of the Lagos State Government, a duty exemption letter was obtained by Coscharis from the minister of finance which made the service to forego the N10m duty payable.

When asked if it was proper for cars cleared by the Customs for a defined end user to be diverted to another user, DCG Jatau said to the best of his knowledge it was wrong, but added that Customs Service lack the mandate to know if such cars are transferred to another user after being cleared.

Meanwhile the Lagos government yesterday denied knowledge of the importation of the armoured cars in question.
A senior government official who craved anonymity said to the best of his knowledge Lagos state was not part of the deal.

“We are not part of the deal’, he said but promised to investigate further and get back to our reporter. He never did up to the time of going to press.

Last week, NCAA claimed it bought the cars from Coscharis for its operations and inspection of perimeter fences in the 22 airports across the country based on lease financing agreement it entered with First Bank Plc which is financing the transaction.

take dat: A lot of concocted hogwash. Her spokesperson, Joel Obi, released a press statement 3 days after Sahara Reporters had published the armoured vehicles story, Is she trying to tell Nigerians that her personal aide did not contact her before releasing a press statement that 'the vehicles were bought for the minister's protection'?

RockMaxi:

Script acting.