Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has a record free of corruption even before she became the minister of petroleum resources
Reports that Diazani Alison Madueke allegedly spent N10bn to charter private jet is false, APC's campaign of calumny and Strategy for 2015 Elections
Here we go again! Members of the opposition party are fighting tooth and nail again to give GEJ and members of his cabinet a bad name in whatever means they find possible.
The report that the House of Representatives passed a resolution to probe an alleged spending of N10bn by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to charter and maintain a jet for her personal use, only makes some of us wonder at the intents and purpose of such probe and investigations and why it is coming this time.
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has a track record free of corruption even before she became the minister of petroleum resources. Obviously, her position is envied by many, warranting the barrage of attacks from disgruntled politicians and charlatans who will stop at nothing to tarnish the image of Diezani Allison Madueke on fictitious and baseless allegations.
Evidently, most of the probes and investigations undertaken in the past by the House of Representatives usually is premeditated to coerce their chosen 'victim' to water their garden or face the legislative
guillotine. A case in point is the Arumma Oteh saga, where members of the house committee allegedly asked for bribe.
We shouldn't forget so soon the accusation by Ms Oteh about the avaricious actions of corrupt committee officials who were assigned to probe her. This, as is the usual trend, is another avenue for some members of the house to 'beg' the minister for money.
The opposition and some bias News Publishers should refrain from feeding the public with false information.
The All Progressives Congress, APC lawmaker from Agege Federal Constituency in Lagos State and the sponsor of the motion, Mr. Samuel Adejare argued that, at a time of dwindling resources, it was a "breach of public trust" and "impudence" for a government official to fly "all over the world, obviously for leisure." This clearly points to an undertone of campaign of calumny garnished to unjustly bad-name and nail the minister of petroleum.
It is definitely a gang up by the opposition party against the government and to tarnish the image of Jonathan's cabinet because of their selfish interests come 2015.
Many on-watchers also believe that the recent call by the minister for the privitazation of the country's refineries points to the reason why opposition is calling for her head. She is entitled to make recommendations to the government on how best to improve the sector.
After all, if government cannot manage our refineries as to make it function optimally, then there should be no politically-motivated bickering about her recommendation for the privatization of the
sector.
Obviously, under the current administration of President Jonathan, true democracy has been allowed to flourish with its immense benefits, giving Nigerians all liberties, a window of opportunity that the opposition and mischief makers have unfortunately used so inappropriately to launch all manner of attacks on the president and members of his cabinet.
APC and its members are out to destabilize the government. Like what one of the readers on PUNCH Newspaper said,'' Where have the National Assembly been all these years? But now that election is around the corner, everything happening there (national assembly) seem to be accusations and counter accusations, a new strategy they have employed to execute 2015 elections against their major opponent, the PDP.
Nigerians please shine your eyes well to distinguish false allegations from reality to avoid the mistake of making wrong choice of our politicians.
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