The reports has it that the 'save Madueke protest organizers promised to give eachprotester a sum of N5000 after the event. The protesters, who called themselves “Concerned Market Women,” gathered in their hundreds at the main gate of the National Assembly, chanting solidarity songs in support of the minister and held up placards, two of them reading, “Leave Alison Alone” and “Let Minister of Petroleum Alone”.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is the Minister of Petroleum Resources is accused of squandering a whooping sum of N10 billion to charter jets from three jet charter companies, including Swiss-based Vistajet. The House of Representatives committee members investigating the minister’s outrageous expenditure said they have secured the aircraft travel logs to kick off the probe but the minister and the top management of the NNPC have so far refused to cooperate with the committee.
The Minister's travel logs exposed the huge expenses on her numerous foreign junkets, which including trips to China, South Africa, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. A member of the House of Representatives from Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Adejare, who brought the issue before the House, had stated that the Minister spent N3.12 billion on the private jet charters in the last two years alone.
With authority of the president, the minister has put the corporation under pressure to thwart the investigations as another report revealed that Madueke (minister of Petroleum Resources) is a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan. Though a married woman, she is allegedly romantically involved with the Nigerian president. While another source indicates that the sceret wife of the president is a blood sister of the minister, hence the inability of president Jonathan to axed her.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is the Minister of Petroleum Resources is accused of squandering a whooping sum of N10 billion to charter jets from three jet charter companies, including Swiss-based Vistajet. The House of Representatives committee members investigating the minister’s outrageous expenditure said they have secured the aircraft travel logs to kick off the probe but the minister and the top management of the NNPC have so far refused to cooperate with the committee.
The Minister's travel logs exposed the huge expenses on her numerous foreign junkets, which including trips to China, South Africa, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. A member of the House of Representatives from Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Adejare, who brought the issue before the House, had stated that the Minister spent N3.12 billion on the private jet charters in the last two years alone.
The matter, which the House referred to the House Committee on Public Accounts for investigation.
With authority of the president, the minister has put the corporation under pressure to thwart the investigations as another report revealed that Madueke (minister of Petroleum Resources) is a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan. Though a married woman, she is allegedly romantically involved with the Nigerian president. While another source indicates that the sceret wife of the president is a blood sister of the minister, hence the inability of president Jonathan to axed her.
Meanwhile, Another Senate investigation relating to the missing $20 billion in sales of crude oil proceeds has ground to a halt; as it was revealed that the five members of the Senate committee handling the probe received bribes of millions of dollars to kill their probe adding that the bribes were packaged by Kola Aluko, a controversial businessman linked to Vistajet, revealed a senate source.
A source at Presidential Villa in Abuja confirmed that the President Jonathan was likely to sacrifice the General Managing Director of the NNPC if the pressure builds against the Petroleum Minister become unbearable. “The 2015 general election is at hand and president will needs the likes of Petroleum Minister and others to finance a very strong campaign across the country,” said the source,
Mr. Jonathan could not afford to lose Ms. Alison-Madueke’s financial power for any reason whatsoever at this critical moment.
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