Ex-Minister, Okonjo-Iweala Opens Up On Funds To Dasuki



Nigeria's previous Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been clarifying the exchange of 300 million US dollars and 5.5 million pounds to the previous National Security Adviser, Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, in an announcement by her media counselor, Mr Paul Nwachukwu, censured what she depicted as a battle of lie being completed against her by the Edo State Governor and other people who have approached the national government to test her regarding the arms acquisition outrage.

He included that the affirmations are a twisting of the substance of a notice in which the previous priest reacted to a solicitation by the previous NSA.

In the update to previous President Goodluck Jonathan asking for his endorsement to exchange the assets to Mr. Dasuki, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala expressed that as clarified by the previous NSA, the cash was to be utilized to obtain ammo, security and other insight hardware for the security offices to empower them battle the war against Boko Haram.

A portion of the reminder understands: "They have contorted the substance of the January 20 notice in which she reacted to a solicitation by the previous National Security Adviser and cited specifically from the report to make their bogus assertions of "illicit redirection" of assets.

"For your data and a more full comprehension of the issues, please see the joined January 20 reminder by Dr Okonjo-Iweala as distributed by some online destinations. It affirms that Dr Okonjo-Iweala is a straightforward individual of uprightness and enthusiastic expert who endeavored to secure the enthusiasm of the nation and that her informers are purveyors of deception on a political mission to discolor a guiltless loyalist," Paul Nwachukwu composed.

Unjustifiable Allegations

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had on Wednesday (December 9) rejected assertions that she wrongfully approved the preoccupation of as of late recouped Abacha plunder amid the organization of previous president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Dr Okonjo-Iweala portrayed the assertion as "a component of a crusade of misrepresentation" to "stain her picture" in an announcement by her media consultant, Paul Nwabuikwu.

The previous clergyman noticed that the substance of the notice dated January 20, 2015 in which she reacted to a solicitation by the previous National Security Adviser, Col Ibrahim Dasuki (resigned) for assets to indict the war against Boko Haram, was "mutilated".

To set the records straight, the announcement looked after that "the focal obligation of the Minister of Finance is to discover wellsprings of subsidizing for the financing of endorsed national needs, for example, security, work creation and framework".

The December 9 proclamation likewise "reviewed that all through 2014, there were open grumblings by the military pecking order to President Goodluck Jonathan about the deficiency of assets to battle the counter fear war in the North East, bringing about Boko Haram making picks up and notwithstanding taking regions. A considerable measure of the feedback was coordinated at the Federal Ministry of Finance under Dr Okonjo-Iweala which was blamed for not doing what's needed to discover assets for the operations.

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