I’ve Been Prudent In The Management Of Funds – Oduah…Dismiss Reports Bulletproof Cars Were For Her

Embattled minister of aviation, Stella Oduah Thursday denied that appeared before the House Committee on Aviation probing the purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars which has generated wide controversy amongst Nigerians.

The minister while given her opening remarks at the hearing of the committee dismissed reports that the NCAA bought the cars for her, adding that she only approved NCAA’s request for the vehicles after due process has been followed.

“It is not true, cannot be true that NCAA bought bullet proof vehicles for honourable minister of aviation. My understanding is that what NCAA has done is to plan for its vehicle needs for the next three years under the Medium Term Expenditure Framework,” she told the house.

She said the statement credited to his spokesman who confirmed to the media that the armored cars were truly bought for her were “inaccurate”. She described online publications of her forcing NCAA to buy the whooping million naira cars as “false and malicious” tales. They are “False in its entirety”, she noted.

Insisting that the “NCAA acted within the ambit of law, Oduah said: “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. NCAA followed due process as required by law.”

She told the committee that she has been prudent in the management of fund made available to the ministry and has even saved money for the Federal Government as well as future embarrassment. “The Federal ministry of aviation under my watch has always ensured we act in a prudent manner and under the ambit of the law”.

She berated her enemies for making so much fuse about the cars as their way of undermining her reforms in the aviation sector and give the notion that her efforts are not yielding results. She proudly told the committee and those in attendance that “Nigeria’s airspace is now rate among the safest in the world.

When reminded by a member of the committee from Taraba state, Hon. Jerry Manwe that the National Assembly rejected armoured cars in the budget which she is defending, the minister responded saying “NCAA will answer that.”

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