Minister of Aviation and House Growth, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that key officers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spend near N1 billion yearly on the acquisition of airline tickets.
Keyamo made this identified on Wednesday when he spoke on the relocation of FAAN headquarters from Abuja to Lagos in an interview on Channels TV.
The minister just lately ordered the relocation of the FAAN headquarters from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to Lagos to avoid wasting prices.
Based on the Minister of Aviation, this measure was aimed toward placing an finish to the waste of public funds and extortion of the general public funds in the middle of the company's operations.
Throughout the interview, Keyamo stated FAAN officers spent near N500 million on air tickets inside a yr. Nevertheless, he clarified his unique assertion and stated that FAAN has spent way more than what he had disclosed.
“After I did my Channels TV interview yesterday, I used to be not knowledgeable of the quantity FAAN spent final yr alone on DTA (Obligation Tour Allowance) for the chief officers who traveled backwards and forwards from Lagos to Abuja nearly each day. Keyamo stated on X.
“The quantity was N493,678,620.37. This other than the air tickets I discussed which amounted to N451,058,950.09.
“So in whole, due to its insistence on appointing Abuja because the headquarters of FAAN (when there are not any places of work in Abuja to accommodate all of the principal officers), FAAN has spent near N1 billion in a single yr!”
Keyamo disclosed that the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) is investigating the Federal Authorities’s controversial Nigeria Air mission beneath the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari when Hadi Sirika was Minister of Aviation.
FAAN spokesperson Obiageli Onah stated in January that Keyamo was dedicated to creating choices which are in the perfect curiosity of the nation, particularly with regards to the clever use of public sources.
