Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has stated that she has no regret leaving office.
She stated this at the weekend, while receiving an award from the Ikenga Award for Excellence Foundation, for her efforts towards the “transformation of the Aviation industry.”
According to her, “It is a privilege to serve Nigeria; to serve my nation, a country where you have 170 million people and you were given the opportunity to serve and make a difference, you leave a footpath behind, it is not easy, it is an honour, and I am very grateful to Nigerians.”
On the ongoing projects she left behind, Oduah said “I believe he (her successor) would follow the master plan to the later; and really, anybody that does contrary to that is doing a disservice to the Nigerian people as there must be a continuation of the development of the aviation sector. It must be mainstreamed.
“President Goodluck Jonathan has started mainstreaming and that should continue
because we do this for a very well developed aviation sector and if you look at it really, aviation is employment-generating and contributes to nation’s GDP, so why would it not be given priority? It should be given priority and the president is doing that,” Oduah said.
She said she was elated by the award and described it as the evidence that what was done at transforming the airports was appreciated; however, she attributed all the achievements to collective efforts of her team.
Other recipients of the Ikenga Award for Excellence include the former governor of Enugu State and former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, the former Minister of Information and Culture, Professor Dora Akunyili, former Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Michael Ayegbeni Oghiadomhe and Mr Innocent Chukwuma, an entrepreneur and owner of Innoson Motors.
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