Okonjo-Iweala denies abusing Kano-Lagos rail funds

Lagos – The workplace of the previous Minister of Finance, Dr

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has rejected affirmations purportedly

made by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of

Transport, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar, that a generous

some piece of a $1 billion credit got from the China-


EximBank by the Goodluck Jonathan organization for a

Kano-Lagos rail venture was redirected to different activities.

Paul Nwabuikwu, Okonjo-Iweala's representative, said he

needed to state completely that there was no truth in the

reported charge.

"Any individual who is intrigued can cross-check with the

China-EximBank or the Chinese Embassy," he said.

"It is paramount that despite the fact that President Buhari, in his

reported remarks on the charge, made no reference

to Dr. Okonjo-Iweala however rightly focused on the requirement for due

procedure and straightforwardness in the execution of open

ventures, a supported media battle has at the end of the day

been propelled by political components to make the previous

Clergyman the guilty party in a non-existent outrage."

Nwabuikwu said the method was that supports for

affirmed credits stayed in the China-EximBank and are

discharged specifically to the Chinese firm executing the agreement

when the presentation of properly confirmed evidence of work

by the mindful Ministry.

All things considered it would have been the Federal Ministry of

Transport, in light of the concurred breakthroughs.

"For the purpose of accentuation, the China-EximBank does not

dispense cash specifically to government and consequently the

issue of redirection does not emerge," said Nwabuikwu.

"This is yet another case of the sort of whispering

battle of backbiting, allusion, falsehood, and

altogether mutilations being executed by certain political

components against Dr. Okonjo-Iweala in an offer to attempt to

harm her notoriety."

Nwabuikwu said the previous clergyman's office was sure

those behind the affirmed battle will keep on coming up short.

"We deferentially ask for the media to avoid

appending Dr.

Okonjo-Iweala's name and photos to spurious and

unwarranted affirmations. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala as a Nigerian

national in a vote based system, a native who has served her

nation with genuineness and uprightness, additionally has some

crucial rights to equity and reasonable play

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 08:05