The All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives clashed with their Peoples Democratic Party colleagues on Thursday over the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.

Amaechi appeared before the joint Committee on Marine/Land Transport to defend the 2016 budget proposals of the ministry, but the lawmakers tried to turn the session into a venue for political party supremacy battle.

The APC members, who control the majority of 213, out of the 360-member legislature, felt that the former Rivers State governor deserved some protection from the committee, as he came under a barrage of questions.

The APC lawmakers complained that too many questions were being thrown at the minister.


However, some PDP members suddenly flared up, arguing that the minister could be asked any question.

The PDP were led by Mr. Pat Asadu (Enugu State) and Mr. Nnana Igbokwe (Imo State).

The development came as the House Committee on Aviation rejected a proposal by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to spend N130m this year to conduct a security audit on the nation’s airports.

The Chairperson of the committee, Mrs. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, recalled that in 2015, a similar proposal was submitted by the agency.

She said, “I can see you people have brought this matter of security audit again, and I remember querying it last year.

“How can you spend this much on the airports even when 22 out of the 32 airports are shut down with no operation going on whatsoever?

The committee expressed its dissatisfaction with the performance of the capital projects of the NCAA, rating them as “below average.”

But the Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Mukhtar Usman, informed the committee that the agency improved on the training of personnel to meet global standards.

Similarly, the Committee on Foreign Relations declined to approve a proposal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to spend N9bn for connectivity projects to link Abuja with all foreign missions.
http://www.punchng.com/apc-pdp-reps-clash-amaechi/

How can you spend this much on the airports even when 22 out of the 32 airports are shut down with no operation going on whatsoever?




Hmm and Aregbesola plus Fayose can only envision airports in their States ....

You people can kill urselves and make 170 million nigerians happy. Must every thing be a political thug of war. people should learn to behave in a civil manner in a civil society.

Yes


All the questions they couldn't ask him during ministerial screening

This is the problem with this country o! When will political affiliation give way to diligent oversight especially at this level? Unless the questions asked were clearly malicious but in as much as they are meant to ensure that this much ridiculed budget is justified and the custodians of each ministry can defend their budgets, I don't see why party membership and supremacy should come into play in exercises such as this unless of course the majority are seeking to preserve obvious areas of waste and leakage which still smacks of corruption they have supposedly come to fight.

APC want to ruin this country

Nawa o!Apc sa one spoil this country..

drshrewd:
hey you pdp vultures should direct your questions to the wasteful gej regime

Amaechi the pdp nightmare

Olodo !

drshrewd:
hey you pdp vultures should direct your questions to the wasteful gej regime

Amaechi the pdp nightmare

when kids are allowed to browse and post on Nairaland

By

Ok

Unbalanced reportage.........

Tell us what happened not that question were asked.

Why reporting another issue that didn't agree with the heading?

*sigh... tired of this country.

Let dem crash o... lol

Pictures of the clashes or you change the topic.

haba... Whats wrong with APC

The pussy cat of Ubima giving more work to the aso rock, lassa fever infested, apc rice eating e-rodents since may 2015 BC
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Where dem dey sef....

Ok

I don't see anything wrong in asking him questions for accountability, but when the question are beginning to get personal,biased and unnecessary ... they should be cautioned

That's their cup of origin bitters

So many dramas

Amaechi and APC the terrorisors of PDP

APC lawmakers are always supporting evil because it favors them. They should start changing their negative attitudes for the betterment of this nation.

but there should be some level of comradeship, AMEACHI been a former PDP member should be seen as one of their own who has gone for a "greener pasture"

ismokeweed:
*sigh... tired of this country.

Tired bawo? You better enjoy your change o! When we told you people not to vote APC you thought we didn't know what we were saying. Now lookatit

Wailers sef... PDP senators trying hard to do a good job but i hope it's with utmost good faith & not a personal vandetta towards amaechi for obvious reasons
Cc; O Ye Wailers
The truth has spoken!

That mirror head thats found himself as a minister thinks he can just have his way cos he belongs to that rulling party of rogues..his time is fast approaching,along with that lying lai ugly face of a parrot minister of info. Oles

now check out that kolo up there^^