President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly snubbed the Aviation minister, Stella Oduah, rebuffing her attempt to get a meeting to discuss her overwhelming issues with him.
The minister is currently in Israel under the official duty of signing a Bilateral Air Services Agreement with Israel, however it has been established by reports that she has made several attempts to see the President.
Sources with firsthand information on the matter have said the President has made it clear that he will not provide her audience her until the findings of the Presidential committee set up to probe the matter have emerged.
The source said: “I can tell you that the minister has not and will never meet with the President here in Jerusalem. This is not to say that she has been found guilty, but it is just fair that the President does not send the wrong signal that may influence the report of the panel.
“We were under strict instruction to prevent the minister from having access to the president for the days we would be spending here. It is, therefore, wrong for anybody to assume that the minister and the President would resolve the issue of the car purchase here. There is nothing like that. I would not describe it as shunning the minister, but it is just something to do.”