NCAA denies N9bn frivolous expenditure

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has denied media reports of N9 billion frivolous spending in the agency’s Internally Generated Revenue.

The General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, was responding to what he called misrepresentation of facts in the ongoing public hearing on the 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP organised by joint Senate Committee on Finance and Planning.

The agency made its presentation before the Committee led by Senator representing Lagos West Adeola Olamilekan on Wednesday.

Adurogboye said there was no way the NCAA could indulge in frivolous expenditure as he noted that the agency’s IGR collections were domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as required by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAuGF).

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“The expenditure of the Authority is in line with its approved annual budget as appropriated by both houses of the National Assembly. This is in order to meet its core mandate of ensuring safety, security and economic regulations in the aviation industry.

“The Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is with the Central Bank of Nigeria and all spending is in line with the budget appropriations

“Therefore, the report of frivolous spending is untrue and a misrepresentation of what transpired at the committee meeting on Wednesday.”

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