The Nigerian House of Representatives has
endorsed the report of its House 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 on Thursday.
The report concluded that for approving cars that
were not budgeted 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 N643m for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
to procure 54 vehicles this year. The House noted that her approval limit as a
minister was N100m.
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.
