Scandals: FG reduces aviation ministry’s budget by N9.3bn

The different scandals and the huge amount of funds in the coffers of the Federal Ministry of Aviation may have necessitated the slashing of its budget for this year by N9.3bn when compared to what it got in 2013.

An analysis of the entire ministry’s 2014 budget proposals currently before the National Assembly reveals that N32.3bn has been allocated to it as against the N42.1bn budgeted for the sector last year.

Findings by our correspondent showed that three out of the six agencies under the ministry did not get any allocation in the 2014 budget proposals.

The parastatals without any allocation are the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.

The other parastatals in the sector include the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, which has N3.56bn proposed for it this year; Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, N3.21bn; and the Accident Investigation Bureau, N2.53bn.