Okonjo Iweala said the Majority Leader tried to change her statement in the book concerning the N17 billion in the 2014 budget for his personal interest.
Gbajabiamiala claimed that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala revealed in her book that she and her aides had “padded” the 2014 budget and had infused their own projects. The lawmaker also claimed that lawmakers had fought with the ex-Minister over the alleged “padding.”
However, Okonjo-Iweala, in her response on Facebook on Sunday, faulted the Majority Leader’s claim, saying there was nothing of such.
She wrote, “It has come to my attention that mischief makers are again trying to distort what is written in my book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: the Story Behind the Headlines’, for their own political purposes. One more time, It is important that people read the book for themselves. In the case of the N17 billion, the book does not talk of bribe. It indicates that lawmakers increased the budget by N17 billion and we had to accept that to move on; hence, the term ‘price to pay’. The reason for discussing what happened is that this approach needs to change. The country must clear up and clarify its budget process for the future to improve.
Those like Hon Gbajabiamiala trying to introduce lies that myself and my aides put in our own projects and lawmakers were fighting with me on that basis are playing their usual cynical games and Nigerians are tired of that! Lies obscure the country’s problems and do not allow us to improve. There were and there still are politicians in the National Assembly trying to do the right thing. The book also points that out. Such well meaning legislators should not allow their strident colleagues to twist matters and divert attention from the need to improve the country’s budget process so our young people can see a better side of their country.”
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ReplyDeleteOne woman whose God-given skills can fix Nigeria
Deleteif the politrical hawks will allow her
Who help her with this gele? The person need bulala
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It seems she's lost some weight & that her ugliness come dey very scary now.
Btw: i just dey wonder how/why she just dey pick fight upandan with everybodi???
1st it was Donald Duke. Now here it's Gbajamilia.
E be like say her bodi dey pepper her for all those she worked with before in govt for naija?
I wonder why / how she no dey extend same madness or her former world bank colleagues? Abi she fear those ones?👀💩
Make una no just cause distraction abeg...the country is sick already
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No be the man wey buy motor for him wife.
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Is Mr femi not "landscaping" a popular actress property?
ReplyDeleteOkonjo is still one of the Best ministers Nigeria ever had, I don't care about Femi and all his distortions. Since he lost the speakership of the house he has been acting weird.
ReplyDeleteThis woman is one of Nigeria's jewels. Love her!
ReplyDeleteFemi squandering our resources on his wife and side chicks.
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