The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has dismissed allegations of plans to relocate a firefighting simulator from the Nigerian College of Technology in Zaria, Kaduna State, to Lagos.
In a statement dated March 3, 2023, issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, on Keyamo’s official X account, the minister refuted the claims, labeling them as the work of mischief makers intent on causing disruption.
Keyamo clarified that there is no truth to the rumors, which stemmed from a motion in the House of Representatives referencing an alleged plan to move the fire-fighting simulator from Zaria to Lagos.
“The attention of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has been drawn to a video making the rounds of a motion moved on the floor of the House of Representatives by an Honourable member making reference to an unsubstantiated plan by the ministry to move a fire-fighting simulator out of the Nigerian College of Technology, Zaria to Lagos State and urging the House to restrain the move.
“The rumour is nothing but pure mischief by agents of destabilisation and is untrue. Whilst we acknowledge the patriotism of the House entertaining the motion, we think it was totally unnecessary since the Speaker already had a private audience with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development a few days ago when this issue came up and the minister assured Mr. Speaker that there was no iota of truth in the rumour.”