The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says the Nigerian Government spends N1 billion on Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) and air tickets for Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, officers who travel back and forth from Abuja to Lagos, annually.
Keyamo disclosed this on Thursday in a statement clarifying
his ‘N500 million FAAN workers’ DTA’ comment on Channels Television.
According to him, in 2023, FAAN workers spent
N493,678,620.37 on DTA and N451,058,950.09 for air tickets.
“When I did my Channels TV interview yesterday, I was not briefed about the amount FAAN spent last year alone on DTA (Duty Tour Allowance) for the principal officers who travelled back and forth from Lagos to Abuja almost daily.
“The amount came up to N493,678,620.37. Aside from the air
tickets, which I mentioned amounted to N451,058,950.09.
“So, in total, because of insistence on naming Abuja as the
headquarters of FAAN (when there are no offices in Abuja to accommodate all the
principal officers), FAAN spent close to N1 billion in one year,” he said.
The minister insisted on going ahead
with the Federal Government’s decision to relocate FAAN headquarters to Lagos
despite opposition from certain quarters.
Recall that on January 19th, 2023, Keyamo announced the
relocation of FAAN headquarters from Abuja to Lagos.
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