{"id":18825,"date":"2013-11-01T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=18825"},"modified":"2013-11-01T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:02:27","slug":"waiver-granted-didnt-include-armoured-vehicles-okonjo-iweala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/waiver-granted-didnt-include-armoured-vehicles-okonjo-iweala\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiver granted didn\u2019t include armoured vehicles -Okonjo-Iweala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, yesterday said no exemption of duties was granted on the N255m armoured vehicles purchased for the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is also important to clarify that the waiver granted to the Lagos State government for the event did not include the purchase of armoured vehicles,\u201d Okonjo-Iweala stated in statement made available to journalists yesterday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Finance, in response to media reports which claimed that the Federal Ministry of Finance granted a waiver to Coscharis Motors Nigeria Ltd for the purchase of the armoured cars, insisted that the claims were totally false and lacked foundation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She explained that contrary to the misrepresentation of the facts, only the vehicles imported by the Lagos State Government for the National Sports Festival (EKO 2012) was granted a waiver since the requirements for such fiscal relief were met by the state government.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said: \u201cOn June 23, 2012, the Lagos State government applied for waiver of destination inspection charges and duty exemptions for Coscharis Motors Nigeria Ltd, the official automobile partner for the National Sports Festival (EKO 2012), to purchase 300 vehicles on its behalf for the event.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSince the Lagos State government met the laid down criteria, the waiver was granted.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, yesterday said no exemption of duties was granted on the N255m armoured vehicles purchased for the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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