PRESS RELEASE
As part of the campaign of falsehood against former Minister of
Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and other
powerful and corrupt interests, another baseless story has been published by
some online media.
*Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
To achieve their
evil propaganda objective of tarnishing her name, these evil elements have
distorted the contents of a memo dated January 20, 2015 in which the former
Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala responded to a request by the
former National Security Adviser, Col Ibrahim Dasuki (retired), for funds to
prosecute the terror war against Boko Haram.
Here are the facts:
· The central responsibility of
the Minister of Finance IS to find sources of funding for the financing of
approved national priorities such as security, job creation and
infrastructure.
· It will be recalled that
throughout 2014, there were public complaints by the military hierarchy to
President Goodluck Jonathan about the inadequacy of funds to fight the
anti-terror war in the North East, resulting in Boko Haram making gains and
even taking territories. A lot of the criticism was directed at the
Federal Ministry of Finance under Dr Okonjo-Iweala which was accused of not
doing enough to find funds for the operations.