LEGACY OF ABSOLUTE WASTE: REPS SECURE TRAVEL LOGS OF MINISTERs PLANE; ALISON MADUEKE SPENT N10BN CASH ON JET. The travel logs of the jet chartered by Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke are now in possession of members of the House of Representativesas they prepare to launch their probe of the N10 billion allegedly spent by her on the plane. The logs cover the minister’s trips to China, South Africa, United States and United Arab Emirates. One of the parastatals under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources has been fingered in the hiring and payment for the jet. Upset by the media attention generated by what many Nigerians see as waste of public funds, the minister has suspended a foreign trip with President Goodluck Jonathan to prepare her defence for the House of Representatives. A reliable source said the fact-sheet available to some members indicated that the average cost of a trip on the jet was about $300,000. It was also learnt that the parastatatal in question maintains the jet with $500,000 per month. The source said: “This probe is a result of painstaking efforts by some members in the last one year. Some of these members, including those from PDP in the House, have secured the travel logs of the minister to and from Nigeria. “For instance, she had been to China, South Africa, United States, the UK and the United Arab Emirates with the jet. At a point, the jet was relocated to Ghana when controversy arose on the jet in August last year.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:01:11 +0000
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