Another Aviation Agency Bought 4 Toyota Tundras & 4 Limousines For Stella Oduah!
Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), another agency
under the Ministry of Aviation, also purchased four Toyota
Tundra vehicles for the Minister, Mrs. Stella Oduah.
Nigerians are currently up in arms about two armoured cars
purchased for her by another agency, the Nigeria Civil
Aviation Authority, at the scandalous rate of N225million,
and many are calling for her to be fired. Another picture
and more of the story after the break ...
The Tundras are in addition to four stretch limousine cars
that were allegedly purchased for the movement of VIPs.
Saharareporters obtained the photos of the Limousines,
which were parked at the headquarters of the Total Radar
Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON)
grounds in Abuja today. Efforts to get the NAMA
spokesperson, Supo Atobatele, to comment on the fresh
allegations proved abortive as he claimed he was driving
and could not speak on the wheel. When later confronted
with the facts, Mr. Atobatele denied the existence of the
stretch limos claiming that NAMA is a
"professional agency"
that provides navigational aid to aircrafts flying within
Nigeria's airspace. He hung up and switched off his phone
when further told that Saharareporters had the photos.
NAMA's CEO, Nnamdi Udo, reportedly made the purchase
and 'donation' of the Tundras to the Minister in June 2013.
The four Limousines were received in the third week of June
but have never been put to use. Last week after
SaharaReporters revealed the purchase of two BMW
armored cars for the Minister, her aides and later the
Managing Director of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority,
Fola Akinkuotu, claimed the vehicles were meant for VIP
movement, but a former lawmaker and leader of Anti-
Corruption Network, Dino Melaye, told SaharaReporters
today that it is the duty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
transport international VIPs in Nigeria. He also revealed
that the most important Aviation inspectors are teams from
the ICAO who already have a Nigerian office which handles
all their transactions.
SaharaReporters could not confirm if the NAMA limos are
armoured. It is also unclear why NAMA, an agency
believed to be cash-strapped, would need stretch limos that
are normally used by celebrities, to ferry international VIPS.
Meanwhile, a high-level source has confirmed to
SaharaReporters that the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria,
which Mrs. Oduah brags about as one of her achievements
in office, provides epileptic service. Because it often breaks
down, the objective of establishing a safer national airspace
is said to have been compromised. Foreign airlines are said
to rely on their built in navigational equipment for air safety
within the Nigerian airspace.
Culled from Sahara Reporters
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