Reps Probe Petroleum minister for N10 billion private jet expenses

The House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution

 to probe the expenditures of the Minister of Petroleum 

Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Maduekwe, on a private jet 

she allegedly charters for private use and maintains with 

public funds. 

According to the sponsor of the bill, Hon Samuel Adejare 

who represents Lagos State, the minister maintains the jet

 with 500,000euros or N130 million monthly

"Thus, in the last two years, the Minister has 

committed at least N3.120bn to maintaining the 

private jet, which is used solely for her personal 

needs and those of her immediate family, which is 

an appalling act"he said. He said the frequent use of 

the Jet by the Minister and her family members has 

caused an estimated N10 billion to be spent on it for 

maintenance, fuel, payment of crew members, 

hanger rentage and others.

In a unanimous vote, the house members adopted the 

resolution and mandated its committee on Public Accounts

 to investigate the matter and provide results within 3 weeks.

In a related development, a member of the House, Hon 

Aminu Suleiman through a motion he presented to the 

house, revealed that the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas NLNG

 had not remitted any of its generated revenue to the 

federation account since 2004 till date. The house committee

 on Natural Gas was directed to investigate the claims by 

Hon Aminu.