Senate Summons Aviation Minister

The Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation,   Hope Uzodinma,  explained that  the embattled   Oduah and heads of agencies under her  supervision,  did not appear before the Senate   on Tuesday because his committee had yet to invite her.

 Uzodinma told  journalists after  Tuesday’s plenary   that the Senate   had just approved the votes and proceedings of its sitting on October 8,  where  members  unanimously agreed to summon Oduah over the crisis in the aviation industry.

 He said, “With the approval of the votes and proceedings of the last Senate session today (Tuesday), containing the summoning of the  minister,  our committee will now meet within this week to fix the exact date, to invite the minister and other relevant aviation chiefs for questioning on the troubled sector.”

 On why the Senate was allegedly foot-dragging on the bulletproof  cars  scandal, the senator said,   “As the chairman of the Senate committee on aviation,  I have read a lot on the  issue  in the media and I believe other members of the committee are also up to date on it.

“However,  we cannot jump into the fray   like that based on    media information alone without properly checking our records for facts and figures on whether the alleged vehicles bought were appropriated for, or not by the agencies that purchased them.”