Rotimi Amaechi Lied In His Ministry's Budget

Rotimi Amaechi, was questioned in the Senate for including projects said to be 99 percent completed under the previous administration in his ministry’s budget for 2016.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma, who raised the query, asked the minister to explain why projects already completed by the previous administration would find their way into the new budget.

The Senate Committee stated that the Transport Ministry included some projects contained in the first phase of the airport remodelling in the 2016 budget, whereas many of the projects were already 99 per cent completed.

The remodelling of the nation’s airports was commenced by former President Goodluck Jonathan, when Senator Stella Oduah was minister.