Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has debunked the allegation by Transportation Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi that he stole N2 Billion contributed by the Rivers State Government to the renovation of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, when he was in charge of country’s Aviation Ministry.
In a post on his Facebook wall, Chief Fani-Kayode insisted that the runway at Port Harcourt International Airport was rebuilt and fully paid for by him when he was Minister of Aviation in 2007.
He went further to charge anyone who has any doubts that the runway was rebuilt to ask Julius Berger who were the contractors.
According to the Osun State born politician: “The runway was commissioned and the airport was opened shortly after we left office later that year.
“Those who falsely asserted on Channels Television TWO YEARS AGO that I did not build the runway and that I ran away with the 2 billion naira that was used to build it are sick. We settled that matter in a debate on Channels Television TWO YEARS AGO.
“Why they should be re-cycling that old and discredited video clip which has been in circulation for two years baffles me. Dont they have anything better to do? Don’t they have anything more than that?
“I leave those that made this baseless and absurd allegation on national television two years ago to God. I repeat, as Minister of Aviation, I REBUILT and COMPLETED the Port Harcourt by 2007 and the contractor did not do it for free.
“The individual that made this accusation me has not built one thing that he originally started since he was Minister of Transport in 2015.
“He only commissions projects that were built and established by the Jonathan administration.
“Worse still he has been indicted for corruption by a Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government where he was accused of stealing billions of naira. I pity him.
“Kindly watch this:”
