The type of stealing and
corruption going on in the Federal Government of Nigeria is mind boggling.
Information available to
newspunch.org suggests that a mind boggling sum of $700 million was allegedly
found in the house of Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Alison Madueke.
According to information from
an impeccable source, the huge sum in foreign currency was discovered recently
by some security agents while conducting a search of the house of one her aides
who resides in the minister’s house, but who allegedly stole $10 million from
the Minister.
Madueke, according to source
admitted to the ownership of the huge sum of $700 million. “she must have kept
that very particular money in her aide’s apartment, because the unnamed aide is
said to be one of the trusted one among others”, our source stated.
It was further gathered that
when this was reported to President Goodluck Jonathan, the president felt so
sad and disappointed, he immediately invited Diezani Alison Madueke to his
office for questioning and rebuked her severely.
President Jonathan asked the
Minister “for God sake what are you doing with $700 million in your home?” Mrs
. Madueke retorted “I am keeping the money for you”.
We gathered that President
Jonathan just smiled and promptly asked her to go in peace.
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration has been criticize by many Nigeria as being the most corrupt
considering the president’s stance on corruption.
The Coalition Against Corrupt
Leaders has chided President Goodluck Jonathan over his unwillingness to tackle
corruption in the country.
According to the group,
corruption is the biggest problem the country is facing, besides the Boko Haram
insurgency.
CACOL’s Executive Chairman,
Debo Adeniran, told SUNDAY PUNCH there was an urgent need to tackle the
problem.
“It is a known fact that
corruption is the greatest problem confronting our country Nigeria, thus if
combated frontally, it would definitely put an end to many other challenges
facing us as a people,” he said.
Culled from:
http://www.newspunch.org/
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