Mallam Nasr el Rufah..... If previous administrations thought they had set unbreakable records in thievery, they were baldly mistaken. Without breaking sweat, the Jonathan administration managed to ‘lift’ N2.6 trillion from Nigeria’s treasury in the name of fuel subsidies and other unwholesome practices – including payments of billions of naira to companies not even registered; over $1 billion was recently wired into the accounts of several public officials from the Malabu oil scandal. These humungous thefts came to light only because some of the perpetuators are dead, are out of favour with government, greedily refused to ‘spread’ the loot, or were simply careless. Not that public knowledge has led to penalties: the Abacha loot was never returned; only a fraction of what Ibori stole was recovered; Odili’s perpetual injunction may protect him until death; the Ribadu report on the oil sector is dead and buried; the Halliburton and Siemens scandals are long forgotten and many notorious ‘election miracle’ judges are still on the bench. Add these to several allegations of impropriety against the country’s minister of justice and attorney general – Mr. Mohammed Adoke, and it becomes clear that the rot is deeply rooted.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 10:42:41 +0000
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