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In a dramatic twist, the Senate yesterday rescinded its earlier resolution to summon the embattled minister of aviation, Princess Stella Oduah and other chief executives of aviation parastatals to appear before the Senate over the state of the aviation sector and high number of airplane mishaps and crashes.
Oduah was scheduled to appear before the entire lawmakers yesterday before the sudden reversal. She will now appear before the Senate Committee on Aviation at an undisclosed date.
“Indeed, at the executive session (closed door) last week (November 7), Senators were unanimous that the motion should be rescinded. Instead, the minister should appear before the Senate Committee on Aviation,” the Senate minority whip, Ganiyu Solomon (Lagos/APC) stated, while supporting the motion to rescind the summon moved by Senate leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, (Cross River/PDP).
LEADERSHIP observes that when juxtaposed against last Thursday, November 7 Senate resolution on the minister’s summon, yesterday’s decision presents a curious scenario.
The Senate last Thursday suspended its first scheduled meeting with Oduah due to the absence of Senate President David Mark. The Senate leader had informed lawmakers that the Senate president had signified his intention too “personally” preside over the Senate session with Oduah, a request that was speedily granted by senators at the plenary presided over by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
Mark was to lead the federal government delegation to the United Arabs Emirates for the finals of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup between Nigeria and Mexico last Thursday.
The Senate President before ruling on the motion to rescind the aviation minister’s summon asked Senators at plenary “any comment from anybody?”. It was followed a deafening silence. No Senator stood up to talk for or against the decision to rescind the aviation minister’s summon.
Oduah’s Travails
The aviation minister is under fire for the controversial purchase of two BMW 760Li Series bullet-proof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The controversial armoured cars cost a whopping N225 million.
Again, the aviation minister has been criticised for denying additional landing rights to some international airlines to commence both cargo and passenger flights to Kano and Abuja apart from Lagos where they now operate.
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Oduah was scheduled to appear before the entire lawmakers yesterday before the sudden reversal. She will now appear before the Senate Committee on Aviation at an undisclosed date.
“Indeed, at the executive session (closed door) last week (November 7), Senators were unanimous that the motion should be rescinded. Instead, the minister should appear before the Senate Committee on Aviation,” the Senate minority whip, Ganiyu Solomon (Lagos/APC) stated, while supporting the motion to rescind the summon moved by Senate leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, (Cross River/PDP).
LEADERSHIP observes that when juxtaposed against last Thursday, November 7 Senate resolution on the minister’s summon, yesterday’s decision presents a curious scenario.
The Senate last Thursday suspended its first scheduled meeting with Oduah due to the absence of Senate President David Mark. The Senate leader had informed lawmakers that the Senate president had signified his intention too “personally” preside over the Senate session with Oduah, a request that was speedily granted by senators at the plenary presided over by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
Mark was to lead the federal government delegation to the United Arabs Emirates for the finals of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup between Nigeria and Mexico last Thursday.
The Senate President before ruling on the motion to rescind the aviation minister’s summon asked Senators at plenary “any comment from anybody?”. It was followed a deafening silence. No Senator stood up to talk for or against the decision to rescind the aviation minister’s summon.
Oduah’s Travails
The aviation minister is under fire for the controversial purchase of two BMW 760Li Series bullet-proof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The controversial armoured cars cost a whopping N225 million.
Again, the aviation minister has been criticised for denying additional landing rights to some international airlines to commence both cargo and passenger flights to Kano and Abuja apart from Lagos where they now operate.
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