Okonjo-Iweala withdrew $1bn for Jonathan’s re-election —Oshiomhole

July 13, 2015
Written by Osemwengie Ben Ogbemudia, Benin


Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of illegally taking $1 billion from the federation account to prosecute the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Speaking at a seminar organized by the Edo State government for Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Deputy Directors, the governor said the former minister also needs to tells Nigerians how the Excess Crude Account was drawn down to $4.1 billion from the peak $10 billion when no approval was given by the National Economic Council for any withdrawal.

The theme of the workshop was: “Enhancing IGR in Edo, Issues, Prospects and Challenges.”

Oshiomhole, who said Okonjo-Iweala would have been declared a pathological liar if she were to be a witness in court due to the inconsistencies in her statements, said a forensic audit would truly determine how much was illegally spent from the federation account under her watch as minister.

He said the state government would now hold Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Deputy Directors responsible for any fraud detected in their departments, saying the government has trimmed down the cost of running government.

He said: “The truth is, many things went wrong even at the federal level. As you might have read in the papers, while the federal government, under Goodluck Jonathan, with the then Coordinating Minister of the Economy liked to blame governors for wasteful spending, for not saving for the rainy day, for not investing properly, the truth is the real weakness in the Nigerian federal chain has been the Federal Government.

“Our hope is that with the new President, given his pedigree we will break from the past.

“As I’m sure you will soon begin to hear when all the numbers are published, last week, I complained aloud that Edo State lost about N10 billion over a four year period from only one source, the NLNG remittance to the federation account.

“How did I arrive at the figure? I used my 4-Figure Table and I asked myself at $2.1 billion remitted by NLNG as taxes and Shell, and by the way, Shell is not the only oil operative, we have Chevron and several others. They shared the $2.1 billion based on the revenue allocation formula, Edo State got about N2.27 billion. So I said, thank God this money came after the departure of Okonjo-Iweala and President Jonathan. If the PDP were still in charge in Abuja, this money would have been taken.”

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I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks Osho baba talks too much lately. Maybe na d new wife wen him marry dey make mouth scratch am.

Methinks the smart thing to do is to gather all the evidence of financial graft against the immediate past government and approach the courts and stop boring some of us to death with all these salon gossip!

Lies

ghen ghen

dis woman with ha fake gele nd big big grammar no de trustworthy ooh

Osomole noted!!!go nd pay ur workers their 18k allowance now!

This man is an slowpoke

This man go soon kill him self on top okonjo matter.

Unless you just want to be stupidly myopic, unreasonably loyal and heartlessly tribalistic; you will agree with every right thinking Nigerians that GEJ factually suceeded in running this country aground. What would have been the fate of this country is better imagine if he had won his second term bid. The most dangerous person to be entrusted with power is a sheepishly clueless figure who always forms fake brilliancy. Never again will Nigeria fall into a wrong hand.

Oshiomole my man.
He should continue exposing NOI till she confesses to all the atrocities GEJ committed.There would no breathing space for her till she accounts for all the looted funds.

If this _wanker like, make him no go face him state duties and dat him brand new smally wife! Him no sabi say men full ground wey dey time the biatch!

Ok sir

God will judge

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of illegally taking $1 billion from the federation account to prosecute the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

How much did you withdraw to marry the ashewo from Ethiopia?

Chei see how big cheeks don bring shame on herself.

.... She would have been called a Pathological Liar due to the many inconsistencies in her statements- Oshimole -chronicles of the Noi slayer.

I thought the idot said they used over 2trillion naira for the election. Let them provide evidence stupid idot who shoud go and pay his workers first bfor spreading propaganda.

Baba Osho why , why is every APC mouthpiece from the Niger delta mentally unstable?

Okay, so Okonjo-Iweala took $1billion, fine. Can someone explain why she hasn't been prosecuted?

Okonjo Iweala has found a nemesis in Oshiomhole.

His claims always turn up right.

Okonjo-Iweala.

Our former de-facto Prime minster.

Lets be honest,she was a ten-fold more powerful than Jonathan, hence why she was given the unofficial title by many politicians.

Her being an Igbo could have been the reason why the majority of the south-east voted for Jonathan or in other words out of sentiment.

What many people fail to realise is that the age of impertinence for law is now officially over.

I have seen her defend herself meticulously in interviews, especially the BBC one that she conducted last year. However now she hides behind shaky and contradicting statements made by her press secretariat.

Oshiomole is taking his personal fight with Okonjo Iweala too far may be he lost valuable cash during the Ekiti elections when his flight was not allowed to move. Oshiomole isn't a financial expert he cant contradict the ex minister. Whatever facts he has he should go to court or the EFCC and stop this campaign of calumny against her. He is becoming too petty!

This is a case of mad man who came to the river and took the clothes of a man and ran off only for the man to run after the mad man naked .

If other governors like Anambra Governor who is in APGA is working and delivering result yet does not make much noise and is not owing salaries , yet this joker who has no tangible investment to deliver to his state and is owing workers salary is busy jumping up and down after the former minister. Oshiomole is the worst thing to happen in Edo state and when he leaves the state will really discover the extent of damage he has effected.

The Edo state is now the least developed state in the South South with no new projects and no new improvement in infrastructure courtesy of Oshiomole.

Baba Osho is truly angry with NOI. But Baba Osho is neither frivolous nor attention seeking. Perhaps the corruption under GEJ's government was more intense than we were led to believe.

Adams Oshiomole will definitely die attacking NOI. Adams you are not her match in any way God has placed her far above you, why don't you face giving Edo state the dividends of democracy which they ask for instead of fighting a battle that will consume you?

hmmmm...na im una come dey find money for campaign?? okonjo ENoGoWella with u..now bombings are everywhere, el rufai is claiming Zaria blast victims were traced but……… http://yesreport..in/2015/07/we-traced-boko-haram-bombers-to-zaria.html?m=0

kettykin:
This is a case of mad man who came to the river and took the clothes of a man and ran off only for the man to run after the mad man naked .
If other governors like Anambra Governor who is in APGA is working and delivering result yet does not make much noise and is not owing salaries , yet this joker who has no tangible investment to deliver to his state and is owing workers salary is busy jumping up and down after the former minister. Oshiomole is the worst thing to happen in Edo state and when he leaves the state will really discover the extent of damage he has effected.
The Edo state is now the least developed state in the South South with no new projects and no new improvement in infrastructure courtesy of Oshiomole.

hmmmmm

It's like this man has a soft spot for madam okonjo. This dude is sick. He's just jealous

Is obviously obvious how much you hate okonjo.
Please remove the beam in your own eyes b4 castigating others.
as far as we masses are concern, both you(oshomole) and (okonjo) and (GEJ) are guilty of dishonesty of National treasure.

Stewpidity has a new name- Oshiomole.

He is better off telling Edo people what he did with his annual budget in the last seven years or so instead of telling fooolish stories.