BMW Scandal : Defiant Oduah Says She Will Not Quit - PM News, Lagos
Posted: Dec, 24 2013, 3:12PM

Nigeria’s embattled aviation minister, Stella Oduah, will not resign and those who claim the House of Representatives had called for her resignation or sack should go back to school, she said on Tuesday in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria.

Oduah said federal lawmakers had neither indicted her nor called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack her.

Rather, she said, what the House recommended was for the presidency to review some of the things in the aviation sector.

The minister, who inspected remodelled facilities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, was asked by a journalist if she would resign following federal lawmakers recommendations to President Jonathan.

She replied, ” I think it means you don’t read or you probably don’t understand English because I read it too. What is there is that Mr. President can and should review. That is what they said there. Probably, you should go back to school.”

Oduah’s statement left a mammoth of journalists who had thronged the airport bewildered.

The Nigerian House of Representatives last week endorsed the report of its Committee on Aviation, which had indicted Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, over the purchase of two BMW cars at the hefty sum of N255 million.

The House endorsed the report at a Plenary last Thursday.

The report concluded that for approving cars that were not budgeted for in 2013 and for an amount far above the approval limit of the ministry, Oduah had broken the law.

It said the minister committed the breach by approving expenditure of over N643 million for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to procure 54 vehicles this year.
The House noted that her approval limit as a minister was N100 million.

The House asked President Goodluck Jonathan to decide whether he should continue to retain her services as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

A major recommendation of the committee, which was adopted, read, “The House urges the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to review the continued engagement of the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for having contravened the Appropriation Act, 2013 and the approved, revised threseholds by exceeding the Ministry of Aviation’s approval limit of N100m by the purchase of 54 vehicles valued at N643m.”

The endorsement of the report by the House elicited a prompt response from Oduah, who described the action as premeditated and with a hidden agenda.

“We are shocked and disappointed that in spite of the deluge of representations and evidences provided by the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah and all invited stakeholders on the matter, the House would reach conclusions that have only confirmed that there was a hidden Agenda in the entire exercise from the beginning,” said Joe Obi, Odua’s spokesperson.

Speaking on the remodelled airport, Oduah assured that the airport would be commissioned before the end of first quarter of 2014.
“We want to be able to start the usage of all these facilities by first quarter of next year. What is very key is that passenger travelling experience will be very very different,” Oduah said.

She added: “It will be the way it should be; it means you have the comfort, you have the safety and you have the security and most importantly as you’ve seen we’ve increased the capacity which means you have ample space to really do what you are supposed to do.”
On the national carrier, she said she encountered a bit of a challenge.

“We are trying to rectify that challenge. I think we will do it very soon but the important thing is that we want to give Nigerians a national carrier that we all aspire to have. That that will be a true representation of all of us, that that can be bought from the market. That that will be professionally and efficiently managed,” she said.

She didn’t go into details about the challenge, told journalists they don’t need to know about the issue.

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My Gej cabinent is never made up of dull people ..but courageous and bold looking people......

The journalist will know if U̶̲̥̅̊ don't tell 'em. Abi na U̶̲̥̅̊ tell dem U̶̲̥̅̊ bought bullet-proof vehicles

She replied, ” I think it means you don’t read or you probably don’t understand English because I read it too. What is there is that Mr. President can and should review. That is what they said there. Probably, you should go back to school.”

Mrs Stella, Biko Nwayo Nwayo, na ACT OF GOD Make D Journalist Ask You That Question.

Wow what a nice reply from Mrs Oduah!

This woman should not take people for a ride. She should always show decorum in her utterances.

Madam, you are the best thing to happen to aviation sector in the last 25yrs.

Your detractors - House of Rep's, Aviation Union, APC, fraudulent aviation contractors etc will fall by your side, Amen.

Kponkwem: This woman should not take people for a ride. She should always show decorum in her utterances.

your utterances in nairaland also shows that you dont understand English.....plz Go back to School

nw who is supozd to b schld ?
her reply 2 dos journalists only shows hw gullible & parochial she is
dey askd a yes/no questn nd she replied as tho shez got beef 4 dem
my 2 cents:
ms oduah,go to schl nd learn manaz on hw to adres ppl

beta stl, go&die

gregg2: Madam, you are the best thing to happen to aviation sector in the last 25yrs.

Wat da phuck is dz one saying

are u sure uve been reading d dailies ??

or probably ure nt a nigerian...mayb some mercenery frm TOGO !

Cant wait to sweep these vagabonds out of power

Imagine,. A woman accuse of misappropriating over 600million,..she still get mouth dey talk ,... !D journalist suppose slap am....

My hatred for this dolt of a woman would have made me reply her if i were that journalist.

Imagine someone that should have resigned months ago still having the guts to speak in such despicable manner. To even think that Apc is the solution to these pdp good-for-nothing fellows is even more worrisome.

What a land!!!

Emmanuel Cena:

Wat da phuck is dz one saying

are u sure uve been reading d dailies ??

or probably ure nt a nigerian...mayb some mercenery frm TOGO !

So your hatred for the minister is based on what you read in the dailies? Too bad!

if you all hate her for misappropriating(not Stealing) 600 million, why don't you like her for fixing over 28 airports in less than 3 years a feet no other aviation minster came close to achieving?

Thanks to Oduah,Gej,NOI and others. They have ensured that the igbos will continue to be in perpetual slavery in the political permutations in this country. Its just a matter of time.
A bunch of arrogant slaves.

!

profjustine458: your utterances in nairaland also shows that you dont understand English.....plz Go back to School

are you always this dumb? Did you read the lawmakers recommendations to the president at all? Reasonable people from the SE wouldn't reason like buffoons.

dlox147: if you all hate her for misappropriating(not Stealing) 600 million, why don't you like her for fixing over 28 airports in less than 3 years a feet no other aviation minster came close to achieving?

is she doing it for free? She gets paid. I expect well-meaning Nigerians to criticize her with the same ethusiasm used to laud her achievments.

its only in NIgeria that corruption is celebrated highly,a woman that ought to be behind bars saying someone isnt schooled. Truly the journalist isnt schooled in art of thievery.

The government no get shame.

Corrupt officials should not allowed to stay.

Jman06: So your hatred for the minister is based on what you read in the dailies? Too bad!

I hate dumb people like you. If we shouldn't rely on the dailies according to you, may be we should rely on Okupe and Abating.

Stealer Hoedua must stay!

dlox147: if you all hate her for misappropriating(not Stealing) 600 million, why don't you like her for fixing over 28 airports in less than 3 years a feet no other aviation minster came close to achieving?

15k PDP e-robot. Your expiry date is May 29 20015!

I love this woman. Shame on all you haters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rduf6K4iEU

Reps Urge Jonathan To Sack Oduah Over N643m Armoured Cars

koboko69:

15k PDP e-robot. Your expiry date is May 29 20015!

guy what r u talking abt here? 20015!

gregg2: Madam, you are the best thing to happen to aviation sector in the last 25yrs.

Your detractors - House of Rep's, Aviation Union, APC, fraudulent aviation contractors etc will fall by your side, Amen.

AMEN

Emmanuel Cena:

Wat da phuck is dz one saying

are u sure uve been reading d dailies ??

or probably ure nt a nigerian...mayb some mercenery frm TOGO !

So it's all about what you read from propaganda dailies not really what she did abi?

Which section(s) of the law or statutory code did Stella Oduah infringe upon? Most Nigerians are known to speak ignorantly.

Longeria: So it's all about what you read from propaganda dailies not really what she did abi?

bros, its what she did dat was recorded in d dailies nah, abi who was i supposed to hear it frm? YOU?

Broz, datz wat d media is for

DerideGull: Which SECTION OF LAW did Stella Oduah infringe? Most Nigerians are known to speak IGNORANTLY

Bro,i tnk itz u who r IGNORANT
she,approvd moni 4 buyn d cars which surpazd d amount 2 b spent 4 dat particular fiscal yr