Now, see what
Rotimi Amaechi has caused.
The nation’s House of Representatives has
ordered federal aviation authorities to hand over immediately a comprehensive
list of all the private jets in Nigeria, after a hearing today on the grounding
of an aircraft owned by the Rivers Government.
According to Premium
Times, “A House joint committee on justice and aviation agreed that
the list, which must contain identification of all private jets in the country,
names of owners, agents, expiration dates of clearances and licenses and other
vital data, be made available in two days.”
“Let
us have a register of titles of all registered private aircraft in Nigeria
including those on adhoc basis. If anyone is confidential, indicate so,” said
Ali Ahmad, chairman, house committee on justice.
The
order came on Tuesday after lawmakers heard conflicting testimonies from
federal government officials, including the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah,
and Rivers State officials, led by the Secretary to the State Government,
George Feyii.
The
federal government insisted its earlier position that Rivers government had not
established it ownership of the aircraft, since the plane was registered in the
name of a U.S. bank.
Again,
Rivers State’s claim that Caverton Helicopters was in charge of its interest in
the aircraft, requesting and securing necessary clearances, was denied by the
helicopter firm.
Caverton
agreed it was in partnership with the state initially, but said the cooperation
ended since August 2012.
Rivers
State has claimed the purchase and operational plan it entered to with the Utah
bank and Caverton, which the government has cited as reason for banning the
plane, was common with other owners of the private jets in the country.
The list is expected to reveal more about
why exactly the governor’s plane was grounded.
Credits to Hauwa
Gambo
Ynaija.com
