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| NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 10:31am On Oct 25, 2013 |
[size=18pt]Oduah approved purchase of N255m bulletproof cars – NCAA[/size] The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday told the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation that the Ministry of Aviation approved the controversial purchase of the N255m bulletproof cars for Ms Stella Oduah. The Director of Aerodrome in the NCAA, Mr. Joyce Nkem-Akonam, made this known during the committee’s public sitting in Abuja. Nkem-Akonam, who handled the transaction as the acting managing director of the NCAA, had made spirited efforts to defend the purchase. He told the committee members that since “Leased financing, not direct financing, was adopted to procure the vehicles,” the agency breached no law. When asked if leased financing was not a commitment that the NCAA would still pay for the vehicles, he said it did not mean that it was extra-budgetary spending. Facing a barrage of questions from the committee members, he later said the NCAA got approval from the Aviation ministry. BPE faults NCAA, says it wasn’t contacted But, the Bureau for Public Procurement faulted him when it disputed the claim that the contract for the cars followed due process. An official of the BPP, who represented the Director-General, Mr. Ayo Aderigbigbe, told the committee that no ministry had powers to approve any expenditure above N100m. “A ministerial tenders board can approve expenditure of N100m and below, but if it is above N100m, it must go before the Federal Executive Council,” he explained. The BPP official also surprised the committee members when he disclosed that the agency was never contacted by the NCAA over the car purchase. He said, “We have nothing to forward to the committee on this matter. We have no information on the purchase of the two vehicles or the contract in question.” The Director-General of the NCAA, Capt. Fola Akintuotu, had earlier told the committee that he was not in charge of affairs when the transaction took place. He said he assumed duties on August 14, after the expenditure had been done. But there was a mild drama when the committee asked him whether the earlier explanation of the minister’s aide (Joe Obi) that the cars were bought because the life of Oduah was in danger was correct. “I can’t speak for the SA(Special Adviser) to the minister,” he responded. Again, he was asked whether a minister was entitled to the type of protection the cars were meant to serve. To this, he said, “I believe that is a hypothetical question and I cannot answer it.” Minister can’t cut short visit to Israel Oduah, who had earlier been summoned by the committee to appear before it on Thursday, was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. George Ossi. He explained that the minister could not attend the sitting because she was already in Israel when a letter inviting her reached the ministry. According to him, the letter dated October 17, got to the ministry on October 22. He said, “The minister had already left the country. She transmitted a scanned copy of her reply from Israel. “She is leading the Nigerian delegation to Israel to sign a Bilateral Air Services Agreement. “She cannot cut short her visit to Israel because they will most probably sign the BASA on Monday (next week).” N1bn committed to cars by NCAA Fresh facts emerged during the committee’s sitting on how the NCAA made a commitment of “over N1bn” to procure vehicles for security and operational purposes this year without appropriation by the National Assembly. The agency bought 54 vehicles for N643.1m under “Leased Financing” entered into with the First Bank Plc. These included the controversial N255m bulletproof cars. The total budget approved by the National Assembly for NCAA’s vehicles this year is N240m. The National Assembly’s figure (N240m) is for 25 vehicles, excluding the two bulletproof cars. The Aviation committee, which worked on the budget of the agency, had rejected the NCAA’s request to buy the bulletproof cars. The NCAA later side-tracked the National Assembly to seek the approval of the Ministry of Aviation to purchase the cars. More revelations indicated that the NCAA applied to buy each of the bulletproof cars at N70m. However, it later opted to pay N127.5m for each car, totalling N255m for the two. This brought the “extra-budgetary” expenditure of the NCAA on vehicles this year to N643.1m. The committee discovered that the N643.1m was a loan taken from the First Bank Plc and excluded interest, charges and other costs built into the terms of the agreement. A member of the panel, Mr. Mohammed Wudil, said, “What has come to light is that, if you calculate and include all the charges, the NCAA has committed about N1bn of public funds to these vehicles.” 1999 Constitution breached—Panel The committee, which is headed by Mrs. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, said the “NCAA clearly committed an illegality and breached the 1999 Constitution by spending without appropriation by the National Assembly.” The committee later ruled that Oduah must appear unfailingly on Tuesday. “Our ruling is that the minister must be here on Tuesday,” Onyejeocha said. She directed the NCAA to also appear on Tuesday with all its bank statements. APC, TMG caution FG The All Progressives Congress and the Transition Monitoring Group have warned against any attempt by spin doctors in the Ministry of Aviation to use politics as a cover-up for the car scandal. In separate statements in Abuja on Thursday, the APC and the TMG asked the government to get to the root of the matter and penalise those involved in it. The APC, in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was most unconscionable for anyone to blame the opposition for the widespread outcry against “the monumental corruption and abuse of office engendered by the scandal.” Mohammed said the opposition, in particular, should not be blamed for the justifiable indignation of most Nigerians to the scandal, as “Yakubu Dati, who goes by the title of ‘coordinating spokesperson for the Aviation Ministry’ tried to do in his winding postulation on the scandal.” He added, ‘’What Dati and his co-spin doctors tried to do is to play on President Goodluck Jonathan’s insecurity as far as 2015 elections are concerned. “This is very insulting not only to Nigerians but also to the President himself, and it will not sell. After all, attempts to blame the opposition for the lingering ASUU strike has also failed. “In any case, what is the business of a public servant, who is supposed to be apolitical, about whether a President is re-elected or not?” Mohammed said Jonathan had again failed to live up to expectation by allowing clowns to seek to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians in the name of defending the indefensible. He wondered why Jonathan would engage in a diversionary and exculpatory strategy of setting up a panel to investigate the scandal, when there were statutory bodies empowered by law to do so. Mohammed said, ‘’There is precedent on how to handle such a matter. In case President Jonathan has forgotten, his then boss, President Umaru Yar’Adua(late), sacked Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku, Minister of Health and Minister of State for Health respectively, for spending part of the ministry’s unspent budget. “The Permanent Secretary and other top officials of the ministry were also suspended when the issue broke out. No panel was set up before this action was taken.” Also, the TMG said it was shocked at the shameful and embarrassing transaction and acquisition of the armoured cars for Oduah. It said it was even more shocking that at a time like this when Nigerians had been calling on Jonathan to sanction the minister, he found it comfortable to make her a leading member of his entourage to Israel on pilgrimage. The TMG, in a statement by its Chairman, Ibrahim Zikirullahi, and Publicity Secretary, Eddy Ezurike , said it was “not at all surprised at the rash response by the minister to the purported ‘query’ issued her by the President.” It added, “Given our governance system, it may well be the person issuing the query is the same person providing answers.” The TMG urged the anti-corruption agencies in the country to quickly investigate “this financial and executive recklessness” in the aviation sector In Lagos, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders described the probe panel as diversionary. The Executive Chairman, CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran, in a statement on Thursday, alleged that the panel was meant to divert the attention of Nigerians from the issue at stake. He said, “The panel is just another attempt to sweep the scandal under the carpet. Nigerians now know better that the probe panel is a way to douse the heat that has followed the revelation of Oduah’s shenanigans in the Aviation sector. “The panel itself is another way of wasting the scarce resources and man-hour that could have been deployed into doing something more meaningful. All these diversionary panels make a mess of President Jonathan’s purported fight against corruption.” Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/oduah-approved-purchase-of-n255m-bulletproof-cars-ncaa/ 1 Like |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by blacksta(m): 10:33am On Oct 25, 2013 |
I tire for this matter  Authoritative stealing - It is clearly confirms - these people are trying to outdo themselves when it comes to stealing The same people will attend church on sunday - Raising hands in the air praising God. Some of them are in Israel as i write. This is when i wish i was a god. I wont wait till judgement day. Your suffering will surely start on earth. 1 Like |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 10:36am On Oct 25, 2013 |
blacksta: I tire for this matter GBAM! |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 10:41am On Oct 25, 2013 |
The NCAA also spent N7.5m (£30K) on average on buying vehicles. What vehicles are they buying for public officials that cost £30K? I am sure most of the vehicles are not even bought at all or are second hand. Then in another 3 years would sell it to themselves for N300K (£1.3K). 2 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by taharqa: 10:45am On Oct 25, 2013 |
STOP peddling lies, LIAR.... Read yr article again: that amount was for d 54 cars NCAA wanted to buy, including d 2 Armour cars. We know d whole Scheme is WASTEFUL and there almost certainly is Fraud smwhere, but no need to sugarcoat it. It is clearly stated in yr article... |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by taharqa: 10:50am On Oct 25, 2013 |
By d way @OP and 'Corruption Crusader', d LASG wud spend bw #170-#180bn to construct d 49km Lekki-Epe Rd, instead of about #30-#40bn. This is FACT; and there are at least 3 threads on d Politics section on this FRAUD and WASTE... Wonda why a Voltron like yrself hv not seen nor commented on it.. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by hercules07: 10:58am On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: By d way @OP and 'Corruption Crusader', d LASG wud spend bw #170-#180bn to construct d 49km Lekki-Epe Rd, instead of about #30-#40bn. This is FACT; and there are at least 3 threads on d Politics section on this FRAUD and WASTE... Wonda why a Voltron like yrself hv not seen nor commented on it.. Actually the total expenditure from the LASG on lekki is #28 billion Naira, broken as follows, #5B loan, #15B buyback, #8B for loan servicing and third party issues, I do not know where you got #170Billion Naira. http://www.tellng.com/business/question-over-lekki-concession-buy-back 4 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Chanchit: 10:58am On Oct 25, 2013 |
Choi...! This one wei Oga Sagamite don follow open thread on Sister Stella, the only advice I have for Pro-Stella supporters is that they should thread easy on Sagamite's thread o, cos he's always ready. That guy is gifted in prolonging wahala. 3 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by israel007: 11:04am On Oct 25, 2013 |
Hmmm |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by fkaz(m): 11:08am On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: By d way @OP and 'Corruption Crusader', d LASG wud spend bw #170-#180bn to construct d 49km Lekki-Epe Rd, instead of about #30-#40bn. This is FACT; and there are at least 3 threads on d Politics section on this FRAUD and WASTE... Wonda why a Voltron like yrself hv not seen nor commented on it.. Fashola/lagos state is always your problem, they are talking of national issue concerning corruption, you are talking of fashola. Is that your new way for self defence? I think you guys can now leave fola Akintuolu for now 8 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 11:12am On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: By d way @OP and 'Corruption Crusader', d LASG wud spend bw #170-#180bn to construct d 49km Lekki-Epe Rd, instead of about #30-#40bn. This is FACT; and there are at least 3 threads on d Politics section on this FRAUD and WASTE... Wonda why a Voltron like yrself hv not seen nor commented on it.. You are a person! Why are you telling me this? 4 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by grafikii: 11:15am On Oct 25, 2013 |
hercules07:PointB' aka taharqa is a shameless lair 2 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by gurnam: 11:19am On Oct 25, 2013 |
There is going to be some serious blood letting on this thread.....I can perceive it already. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by gbanikiti(m): 11:25am On Oct 25, 2013 |
Chanchit: Choi...! This one wei Oga Sagamite don follow open thread on Sister Stella, the only advice I have for Pro-Stella supporters is that they should thread easy on Sagamite's thread o, cos he's always ready. That guy is gifted in prolonging wahala.Lol! Pro Jonathanians are in deep shyte! I need to go back to the viewers' corner and count how many times the word "person" will be mentioned on this thread. Happy Fucktardeous viewing!  3 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 11:26am On Oct 25, 2013 |
Chanchit: Choi...! This one wei Oga Sagamite don follow open thread on Sister Stella, the only advice I have for Pro-Stella supporters is that they should thread easy on Sagamite's thread o, cos he's always ready. That guy is gifted in prolonging wahala. When the story first broke, the fucktards said she had no say in buying the cars that it was a set-up because she is Igbo and refurbished Enugu Airport to be International. Those are the fucktards our education system churn out. 5 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by taharqa: 12:04pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
hercules07:Actuali, it is as follows: #15bn to 'buy back' a FAILED concession when d Concessionaire shld be d ones paying LASG; #6.8bn and #3.5bn to pay back d debts incurred by d FAILED Concessionaire (d very 1st time I hv ever heard a party paying d debts of another party that Failed to keep to d terms of an agreement); #5bn that d LASG initiali paid to d Concessionaires at d start of d Scam; #87.7bn that d LASG intends to borrow tru placing a Bond in order to 'complete' the FAILED road project; #35bn which d Concessionaires said they already spent on d road (ok, #30bn ie minus d #5bn which d LASG initiali gave them and which I hv already counted); and, then a still undisclosed amount of money running in the billions which d Concessionaires already got from Toll fees in almost 3 yrs of collecting Tolls from a Project they were not supposed to collect a kobo until d entire Road project is done (according to a Survey conducted by this same Concessionaires suggested a Toll revenue of an Average of #4.2bn Annually from ONLY ONE Toll plaza). You may now ADD up, and see if you wud not have within d neighbourhood of #170- #180bn that wud hv bn spent by both d LASG and d Concessionaire in order to build a 49km Road!!!.... By d way, EVERY FIGURE listed above came directly from d mouth of d Commissioners of Finance, Economy and Works of d LASG... I expect yr Response, unlike what you did in that other thread by running away after having yr questn answered. You may THANK me later... |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by taharqa: 12:10pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
Sagamite:I was just trying to say that you are a Bladdi HYPOCRITE; and seeing what you just tried pulling by ascribing d said sum to 2 cars instead of d 54 so CLEARLY started in yr own article (a comment you didn't even respond to), one wud also say that you are a LIAR as well.... You too may THANK me later.. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by taharqa: 12:26pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
fkaz:You guys are so SHAMELESS, it is almost Pathetic. National issues, you said? Oho! So corruption has 'National' and 'sub-National' issues NOW, abi?? And we must ONLY be concerned about d 'National' ones, faaa??..... DONKEY, we are talking about d spending of #170bn- #180bn to construct a 49km Road in yr name for a project that shldn't cost more than #30bn- #40bn (after which you wud continue paying Toll fees from yr nose from 3 Toll Plazas built in such a relatively SHORT stretch of Road UNTIL at least 'they' hv bn able to recover d #170bn they took from you to build it in d 1st place!!), and you are lecturing us about 'National' and 'sub-National' corruption(s)... #wherethehelldidtheseCLOWNScomefrom 2 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by hercules07: 12:38pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: Actuali, it is as follows: #15bn to 'buy back' a FAILED concession when d Concessionaire shld be d ones paying LASG; #6.8bn and #3.5bn to pay back d debts incurred by d FAILED Concessionaire (d very 1st time I hv ever heard a party paying d debts of another party that Failed to keep to d terms of an agreement); #5bn that d LASG initiali paid to d Concessionaires at d start of d Scam; #87.7bn that d LASG intends to borrow tru placing a Bond in order to 'complete' the FAILED road project; #35bn which d Concessionaires said they already spent on d road (ok, #30bn ie minus d #5bn which d LASG initiali gave them and which I hv already counted); and, then a still undisclosed amount of money running in the billions which d Concessionaires already got from Toll fees in almost 3 yrs of collecting Tolls from a Project they were not supposed to collect a kobo until d entire Road project is done (according to a Survey conducted by this same Concessionaires suggested a Toll revenue of an Average of #4.2bn Annually from ONLY ONE Toll plaza). You may now ADD up, and see if you wud not have within d neighbourhood of #170- #180bn that wud hv bn spent by both d LASG and d Concessionaire in order to build a 49km Road!!!.... By d way, EVERY FIGURE listed above came directly from d mouth of d Commissioners of Finance, Economy and Works of d LASG... I expect yr Response, unlike what you did in that other thread by running away after having yr questn answered. You may THANK me later... Let us break it down, the total project is 70Km and not the 49Km you posited above, the total project includes the Lekki coastal road as well, now, so far the LASG has spent #28B on approximately 20Km of road (begining of Ozumba Mbadiwe to the present point that LCC is now), out of the #28B, LASG has given LCC #20B (#15B buyback and initial #5B), so there is no need to add the #30B of LCC to the #28B of LASG, the balance of #10B and profit for the LCC is the Toll they have collected in the last 3 years on that road. So, LCC spent #30B, lagos reimbursed #20B plus the profit from tolls. Now, Lagos is going to borrow #88B, if we add that to #28B, the total cost to Lagos of a 70km road is #116B, divide #116B by 70 and you get #1.62B per Km, now your GEJ is gonna spend #1.67B per Km on the Lagos Ibadan expressway (167B/100km). 3 Likes |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by bloggernaija: 12:58pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
What I find annoying is the way these people have been able to embed themselves in that ministry so quick and so soon. From what I just read above, Most of the corruption took place when there wasn't any standing NCAA director. And this car thing is barely scratching the surface. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by fkaz(m): 12:59pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: You guys are so SHAMELESS, it is almost Pathetic. National issues, you said? Oho! So corruption has 'National' and 'sub-National' issues NOW, abi?? And we must ONLY be concerned about d 'National' ones, faaa??..... DONKEY, we are talking about d spending of #170bn- #180bn to construct a 49km Road in yr name for a project that shldn't cost more than #30bn- #40bn (after which you wud continue paying Toll fees from yr nose from 3 Toll Plazas built in such a relatively SHORT stretch of Road UNTIL at least 'they' hv bn able to recover d #170bn they took from you to build it in d 1st place!!), and you are lecturing us about 'National' and 'sub-National' corruption(s)... #wherethehelldidtheseCLOWNScomefrom the thread topic is talk about corruption in aviation sector which is a national embarrassment to the country. You are talking of lagos state, what is your problem with fashola? Why not talk about akwa-ibom, Abia, benue, adamawa, kogi,ondo etc. BTW don't you have state of origin? |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Nobody: 1:01pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
These idioots would soon flood this place defending their second Jesus on earth. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 1:43pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
taharqa: I was just trying to say that you are a Bladdi HYPOCRITE; and seeing what you just tried pulling by ascribing d said sum to 2 cars instead of d 54 so CLEARLY started in yr own article (a comment you didn't even respond to), one wud also say that you are a LIAR as well.... You too may THANK me later.. You are a person! How is what you said relevant to this stealing? Your moronic arsse thinks you are talking to another failed product like yourself that you can be saying "what about your own"? Cretin! |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Nobody: 3:56pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
Some fucktards need to be screwed!!!! |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by ballabriggs: 4:06pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
Madam Vampire Oduah, CFR, CRIMINAL OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC. She is a thief and you can see it in the number of contradictory statements she has been issuing. It is all about desperately trying to cover her shameful ways. Onyeosi, hardened criminal. |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 4:08pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
2s£xy: |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Sagamite(m): 4:22pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
ballabriggs: Madam Vampire Oduah, CFR, CRIMINAL OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC. It is all part of their mind games. The fucktards are employing jobless fucktards like taharqa to go online to manage image by denials, lies, distraction, diversion, claiming ethnic victimisation or employing strawmans. Their boss is called Reno Omokri. [size=14pt]Official Denial, Appeal To Ethnicity, Diversionary Publications And Media Blackmail: Desperate Measures Employed By Mrs. Oduah To Stave Off BMW Scandal[/size] http://saharareporters.com/news-page/official-denial-appeal-ethnicity-diversionary-publications-and-media-blackmail-desperate-m |
| Re: NCAA Actually Spent N1bn Of Taxpayers Money On Cars, including N255m for 2! by Lagosbabe1: 4:30pm On Oct 25, 2013 |
This woman is nothing but a thief. Shame on all the sycophants that have the audacity to support what is clearly a case of public theft. In a saner environment, she would be cooling off in detention, awaiting trial. |
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