Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of finance Dr Mrs
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is definitely one of those who are presently not
happy with former member of the house of representative Mr Dino
Melaye. However, this time around, it has nothing to do with the
impregnation of any Yoruba movie actress – or maybe so.
Following
a protest by demonstrators at the Federal Ministry of Finance, calling
for the resignation of Okonjo-Iweala, the office of the minister,
through her Senior Special assistant Paul C Nwabuikwu, has released a
press statement lambasting Dino Melaye whom, it believed, is responsible
for the protest.
The release reads in part:
“Earlier
today, a disreputable former member of the House of Representatives, Mr
Dino Melaye brought a handful of demonstrators to the Federal Ministry
of Finance who conducted themselves in an unruly manner… We have it on
good authority that Mr Melaye’s group was sponsored by some of the
indicted oil barons who are currently being investigated and prosecuted
for subsidy fraud. Their allegation to wrong subsidy payments made by
the Ministry is a mere ruse to conceal their true motives.
“The
Melaye demostration was ostensibly to call for the resignation of the
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance who is
well known for fighting the fraudulent oil barons whose names were
published by the Federal Ministry of Finance for various breaches of the
subsidy regime… Nigerians are, of course, not deceived by the antics of
Mr Melaye who has no known pedigree as a civil society activist or even
a reputation for honour or common decency.”
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