PRESS STATEMENT: FINANCE MINISTRY HANDLING PAYMENT FOR GES INPUT SUPPLIES

Our attention has been drawn to a malicious and misleading publication onPointblanknews.com, an online medium, accusing the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Chief Audu Ogbeh, and his Minister of State, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, of bribery in connection with payment of fertiliser suppliers.

The write-up, replete with inconsistencies, contradictions, incorrect details and allegations that were generally baseless and particularly mischievous, alleged that FMARD is in charge of payments to contractors, when, in fact, the Federal Ministry of Finance is saddled with these. The online news medium needs to do thorough investigations before amplifying any allegations brought to it by any complainant.

PHOTONEWS: Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo In Court With Full Airforce Regalia, EFCC Docks Him For N40m Bribe

Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo

Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo, a serving officer of the Nigerian Airforce, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC at the FCT High Court, Apo Abuja for fraud. 

He came to court in his full Airforce regalia. 

Indeed, with EFCC, nobody is above the law. 

Therefore, in line with its relentless efforts to bringing corrupt public officers to book, the EFCC, on June 23, 2016, arraigned Air Vice Marshal Rufus. A. Ojuawu, a former Director of Operations, Nigerian Air Force, NAF, before Justice M. B. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on a two-count charge bordering on bribery to the tune of N40, 000,000.00( Forty Million Naira). 

Corruption in Africa: Can Whistle-Blowing Keep Corruption At Bay?

For successive years, Rwanda has been ranked as the least corrupt country in the EAC bloc and fourth as the least corrupt country in Africa.
Obviously, on the one hand, the ranking looks quite impressive and, on the other hand, calls for more action and devising new approaches to keep corruption at bay.

And one of the viable approaches in this undertaking is to shore up whistle-blowing.