PatienceJonathan Got Import Waivers For
Coscharis Motors To Import 200
BMWs In 2012


It has been revealed that Nigeria’s First
Lady, Patience Jonathan, sought and
received import waivers that she then
turned over to Coscharis Motors, a private
car dealer, to import 200 BMW cars in
2012.
Figures released by Nigeria’s Ministry of
Finance budget office show that Mrs.
Jonathan secured the import waivers in
the name of her pet project, African First
Ladies Peace Mission. The ministry just
released a list of beneficiaries of import
waivers for 2012.
Other prominent beneficiaries include the
Lagos State government which got
waivers for the importation of 200 BMWs,
Fords, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Lexus,
Mercedes, and Jaguar for the 18th
National Sports Festival. Part of the
waivers granted to the Lagos State
government was fraudulently used by
Coscharis Motors to import two BMW
armored cars for Minister of Aviation Stella
Oduah.
Whereas the Ministry of Finance outlined
the reasons for giving out waivers to the
Lagos State government, it just stated that
the waivers granted to the First Lady’s
NGO were for the importation of “units of
assorted brands of BMW” cars.
A source in Abuja told SaharaReporters
tonight that the latest revelation of Mrs.
Jonathan’s significant profiting from import
waivers is one of the reasons President
Goodluck Jonathan has not been able to
fire Ms. Oduah after SaharaReporters
revealed that she compelled one of the
cash-strapped agencies under her control
to take out a high-interest, bogus loan to
purchase two BMW armored cars for her
use.
The same source stated that Mrs.
Jonathan’s own waivers, which cost
Nigeria a whopping half a billion naira,
likely involved fraudulent conversions and
misuse. “The First Lady would have
earned a huge amount from Coscharis
Motors after she transferred the waivers
to them,” the source said.
During a House of Reps hearing on the
Aviation Minister’s BMW scam, Cosmas M.
Maduka, the President and Chairman of
Coscharis Group, told bewildered
legislators that the fraudulent diversion of
waivers was nothing new.
In August 2012, Mrs. Jonathan had hosted
a so-called summit of African First Ladies.
At the time, media reports disclosed that
the Federal Government had bought 200
cars for the summit. However, Mr.
Jonathan’s special assistant on the media,
Reuben Abati, denied the reports, claiming
that Coscharis Motors had donated the
cars to the summit at no cost to the
government or the First Lady.
The revelations in the waiver document
released by the Finance Ministry indicate
that Mr. Abati’s assertion was false and
misleading.
The list of waiver beneficiaries shows that
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom
got an import waiver to import a private
jet. The documents released today by the
Ministry of Finance reveal that over N54
billion in import waivers was granted to
NGOs, individuals, corporations, state as
well as federal governments in
2012. Critics have charged that the
issuance of import waivers should be
streamlined and transparent to avoid
abuses and fraud as well as significant
loss of revenues to the government

In the source link is a download able list of beneficiaries in pdf format

Source
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Co-charis donated 200 cars without being paid?

Abati, please look for another lie...

Things unfolding ..... 2015 on my Mind

Ayam laffing in swahili,dis country is a joke.
How i wish wot i hear everyday abt this country is nt true.

Sahara reporters again, the opposition media trumpet . Always stepping on the toes of the fg. Watching whilst this unfold.

hmm

Ask Mr. President about this, and he will start writing about Odi and Murtala assassination.
No wonder they call him clueless.

Well well well, no wonder they can confidently state that they want to ban the importation of used cars, they have already mapped out a strategy to cushion the effects on themselves.