The affairs of the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, have recently come under scrutiny after it was revealed that she had spent N10 billion on private jets.The Presidency has however said through a representative that it has no plans to probe the minister over the allegations of financial impropriety levelled against her.This was disclosed yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe.Dr. Okupe is said to have added that the presidency wouldn’t probe Mrs Alison-Madueke because she was already being probed by the House of Representatives.
The Punch reports: Alison-Madueke was alleged to have spent N10bn on a chartered Challenger 850 aircraft in two years for which the House of Representatives is currently probing her.Okupe said that the Federal Government could not institute a probe panel on matters that had not been substantiated.who spoke to one of our correspondents in a telephone interview in Abuja, on Friday, said since the House of Representatives had started investigating the matter, the right thing to do was to wait for the outcome of such a probe before any further step could be taken.
He said, “The Federal Government cannot set up a probe panel just on things that have not been substantiated as such. The information I have is that the House of Representatives is looking into the matter and they want to invite the honourable minister. Definitely, the right thing is to wait for the outcome of such an interaction before anybody can decide to do anything.”
Though the House of Representatives had assured Nigerians that it would investigate the allegations against the petroleum minister, it is yet to start the probe one week after it gave the promise. The House Committee on Public Accounts was given three weeks to conduct the investigation and produce a report.But as at Thursday, there was no formal action on the probe and no invitation had been sent out to any government official to appear before the committee.
The Punch reports: Alison-Madueke was alleged to have spent N10bn on a chartered Challenger 850 aircraft in two years for which the House of Representatives is currently probing her.Okupe said that the Federal Government could not institute a probe panel on matters that had not been substantiated.who spoke to one of our correspondents in a telephone interview in Abuja, on Friday, said since the House of Representatives had started investigating the matter, the right thing to do was to wait for the outcome of such a probe before any further step could be taken.
He said, “The Federal Government cannot set up a probe panel just on things that have not been substantiated as such. The information I have is that the House of Representatives is looking into the matter and they want to invite the honourable minister. Definitely, the right thing is to wait for the outcome of such an interaction before anybody can decide to do anything.”
Though the House of Representatives had assured Nigerians that it would investigate the allegations against the petroleum minister, it is yet to start the probe one week after it gave the promise. The House Committee on Public Accounts was given three weeks to conduct the investigation and produce a report.But as at Thursday, there was no formal action on the probe and no invitation had been sent out to any government official to appear before the committee.
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