APC Happy with Reps' Report on Oduahgate, Demands Minister's Resignation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the House of Representatives for its stance on the N255m bullet-proof BMWs scandal involving the Minster of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah. The opposition party called on President Goodluck Jonathan to “review the continued engagement of the Minister over her role in the scam.”

“The House of Representatives has again signalled its readiness to play its own part in fighting the massive corruption which has enveloped the country,” the APC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on December 23, 2013, Monday.

“By its unequivocal stand on the scandal, coming on the heels of the recent criticism of President Jonathan’s tepid fight against corruption by House Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, the House has left no one in doubt that the legislature is taking its oversight role very seriously.

“There is no doubt that the House of Representatives took its stand, which included asking the EFCC to investigate and prosecute all those involved in the scandal, after a painstaking work by its Committee on Aviation. This action is commendable and reflects the general opinion of Nigerians on the shameful scandal,” the statement added.

The statement concluded that Ms. Oduah had no basis for continued occupation of her post as the Minister of Aviation and should step down immediately. Otherwise, the President has to fire her.

If the Minister does not resign and President Jonathan refuses to fire her, it would confirm the general perception across the country that President Jonathan is covering up corruption and that he is comfortable in the company of corrupt officials.

“The President’s decision to hug corruption rather than fight it has also been reflected in his comments; for example that the perception people have about corruption in Nigeria is exaggerated; and that his administration is ‘winning’ the war against corruption,” the statement concluded. 

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