Oduahgate: Reps insist Jonathan implement report.

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The Chairperson of the House of
Representatives Committee on Aviation,
Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha has called on the
Executive arm of government to fulfill its
obligation to implement the recommendations
presented to it in its investigation of the N255
million BMW scandal that rocked the Aviation
Ministry in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Onyejeocha who spoke  in her home town
Isiochi, Abia State, during a visit to her
constituency said that the Reps had done their
job by investigating the scandal and forwarding
their recommendations to the Executive arm.
She said that the lawmakers were not
empowered to go beyond that.
According to her, “Well for me the constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is very clear.
All of us worked to protect the constitution of
the federal republic of Nigeria so whether you
are an executive person or you are a
parliamentarian or in the judiciary, the
constitution is the primary things you need to
protect.”
She continued, “Why can’t we say the truth,
we need to say the truth no matter who is
involved. For me the primary responsibility of
any legislator in Nigeria is to God after here
what do you tell your creator and so once you
have that at the back if your mind you do your
work”.
On what happens to the report submitted and
the recommendations made by the House as it
concerns the N255 million bullet proof cars, she
said that the committee has done the work
assigned to it and the House work stops there.
“Our work ended with the submission at the
floor of the House and that the House had
made its own recommendations. It is not our
business what happens after we have finished
our own work. It is left for the executive to do
their own and off course what the constitution
empowers us to do is to investigate the
supposed corruption, it is not our duty to
implement there is no way any lawmaker would
implement,” she said.
The Reps have recommended the review of
Stella Oduah’s appointment for contravening
the Appropriation Act. They also recommended
a refund by Coscharis on the customs waiver
utilized by it.