By Chris Udochukwu
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has revealed how principal officers of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spent one billion naira (N1billion) on Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) and air tickets alone.
Keyamo who disclosed this via his X account while justifying the relocation of the corporate headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos said:
“When I did my Channels TV interview yesterday, I had not been briefed as to 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 on a daily basis. The amount came up to N493,678,620.37. This is aside from the air tickets which I mentioned that 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!
