Ngonzi Okonjo Iweala Buys N1.2 Billion Mansion In Abuja (Page 6)

Quote from: ewatomi on 12-01-2012 02:53 PM

she is evil...period

And you and your past criminal presidents are what??? dey here to gossip na woman like you she bi,she merited it,have you seen world bank before? talk of working in there ,take of holding an assistance president post in the World bank

Posted: at 12-01-2012 04:16 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

The N11.25bn budget on foreign trips

Editorial

EMERGING indication that ministries, departments  and agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government will spend a whopping N11.25 billion  on foreign trips alone in the 2012 budget is deplorable, scandalous, and shamefully insensitive to the state of the nation. It amounts to no more than  unbridled expenditure and wastage of taxpayers' money in frivolous  entertainment of a few privileged public officials under the guise of  official foreign trips.


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Given the current ugly state of affairs in the  country, especially, with regard to fuel subsidy removal, which has  occasioned spiralling inflation, the logical step would have been for  government to shelve most foreign trips this year to reduce cost of  governance, and show seriousness of its empathy, if any, with the people;  rather than behaving in a business as usual manner.  Government should be minded that Nigerians are deeply aggrieved over removal of fuel subsidy which, according to government, is meant to raise funds for infrastructure development, but which  has not gone down well with Nigerians.

For the same government to impose crushing tax on  the common man through its fuel policies and then turn around to earmark such  huge funds for foreign travels raises a moral question on government. President Jonathan's knee jerk reaction in reportedly aiming to reduce the  budget on foreign trips in the wake of looming national strike over the fuel subsidy, does little to assuage public feeling about the blatant rape of the  nation. Suspending foreign trips this year would have been a more sensible  measure.

Under the foreign trips largesse, reports say the  Ministry of Defence has the largest allocation of N4.14 billion, followed by the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency, which have N3.31billion and N951million respectively. Others are Ministry of Finance, N287 million; Education Ministry,  N283.4 million; Ministry of Petroleum, N155 million; Justice, N122 million; Trade and Investment,  N109 million. The Ministry of Police Affairs was earmarked N48.5million; Youth Ministry,  N24.2 million; Women Affairs, N60.5 million; Agriculture, N34 million; and Water Resources  Ministry N49.9 million. Other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)  equally have various huge sums allocated to them.

Again, the penchant of public officials to fleece  the country under various guises is condemnable and it should be stopped  forthwith. The National Assembly should not approve the proposal since it is glaringly a drain on the economy. Previous globetrotting by public officials yielded no return for the country. There is nothing to suggest that this year will be different.

It is sad that foreign trips have become such a  huge drain on public purse. Nigerians were piqued at the revelation that the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs alone lavished a whopping N2.7 billion on foreign travels. The revelation came to limelight during the Ministry's 2012 budget  defence at the National Assembly.

The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs had  rightly condemned the extravagant spending and advised that it should be cut  down. Before then, there were reports of similarly excessive expenditure on  foreign travels by members of the National Assembly. In all this, there is no accountability or proper audit of who spends what and for what purpose. That  gives room for unrestrained squandering of public funds.

It is ridiculous that in a country where capital  budget is a meagre 27 per cent, while recurrent expenditure takes the lion  share of over 70 per cent, government has not thought it wise to cut wasteful  foreign spending. And, at the same time, government is asking people to tighten their belt when it ought to show example in saving money so that the  people can take it serious.

Equally disheartening is the fact that squander mania is rooted in government's departments at the federal as well as the state levels. Governors, instead of staying in their states to address pressing  issues, are always abroad for one reason or the other. For instance, they go on pilgrimage and on each occasion with a retinue of aides, spending huge sums  on estacodes. Another example was the last Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting  (CHOGM) held in Perth, Australia, in which the Nigerian Government reportedly  went with the largest delegation of officials to the embarrassment of the  country's High Commissioner there. The large delegation did not translate to any remarkable contribution from the country at the meeting. Questions  arising from such wasteful trips have not been answered, thereby depicting government as having more than enough funds to lavish.

Government must adopt moderation as a policy. Foreign  trips should not be an
 opportunity for government officials to squander  public resources, and earn fat estacodes for doing nothing. There should be consideration  for the abject poverty in the land. Government should explore effective ways  of cutting overheads rather than engaging in unrestrained profligacy that  makes the nation a laughing stock.
(The Guardian ,2012).
This is how those criminals share everything Nigeria has.

Posted: at 12-01-2012 04:19 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Guys You people should not be shouting at this woman.I think she worth the building,is it because she is an ibo woman? She merited it,if not the EFCC would have gone before her.Someone that OBJ could not do anything,other than sack.If her money was illegal,OBJ would have send EFFCC to her.

This woman has worked as  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, overseeing Nigeria’s External Relations,She has served as Minister of Finance and Economy of Nigeria,She has also head Economic team responsible for implementing a comprehensive home grown economic reform program.She held each of these positions for several years.

She worked in the East Asia Region, the last tour (1997-2000) as Country Director Malaysia, Mongolia, Laos and Cambodia during the East Asian financial crisis; two duty tours in the  Middle East Region, the last (2000-2003) as Director, Operations (deputy vice-president) of the region.

She served as as Director of Institutional Change and Strategy (1995-1997).she was Special assistant to the Senior Vice President, Operations, an assignment that enabled participation in high level policy formulation and discussions for countries as diverse as China and Burkina Faso.


This same woman served as a development economist at the World Bank, where she held the post of Vice President and Corporate Secretary.

So Tell me what is 1.2billion niara house to her.My annoyance to her is that why must she buy this house in Abuja,why not take this money and build this same house in her own state,town,Village,or even build a factory in her village and creat employment.etc,why in Abuja?

If her source of cash was illegal Efcc would have gone for her and source says that she did not purchase this house today,long ago.

If there is war in Abuja tomorrow and she was asked to run home,she will not because of his house and thats why hausa man do better than the Ibos.

Posted: at 12-01-2012 04:25 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

@Henryuco6 are u sure u are a Nigerian?

Posted: at 12-01-2012 04:40 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

@FinlandGuy !!!!!!!!!!! what are u also doing in Naijapals? is it not men like u that are PRESIDENTS, GOVERNORS, MDS' CEOS' and so on and so forth? Why are u saying that to her, do u know who she is? Moreover what anybody is na for their own pocket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pls u can make ur comments without insulting any one abi?

Posted: at 12-01-2012 04:52 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

[color=red]WHO AND WHO IS SHOUTING? WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE DEVIATING FROM THE FACT. YES, SHE HAD A GOOD JOB BEFORE COMING DOWN TO WORK FOR HER COUNTRY, BUT WHY THEN DID SHE NOT BUY THE HOUSE BEFOFORE HER APPOINTMENT.?? ARE YOU PEOPLE SERIOUS?? LOOK AT YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EFFC.HOW MANY OF THE FRAUD PAPETRATORS IN OUR GOVERMENT HAS THE EFFC SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT TO BOOK THAT YOU KNOW OF?? YOU TALK LIKE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN NIGERIA. WHY HAS EFCC NOT GONE FOR THE LIKES OF OBJ, IBB, TONY ANENIH AND OTHERS?? I GUESS YOU WILL TELL ME BECAUSE THEIR HANDS ARE CLEAN AND THEY NEVER EMBESSLED MONEY THAT IS WHY THEY ARE FREE FROM THE EFCC NET.SHE HAD AGOOD JOB BLA BLA BLA, HOW MUCH WAS HER MONTHLY TAKE HOME IN THE WORLD BANK, DO YOU THINK WORLD BANK IS LIKE OUR COUNTRY WHEREBY YOU CAN DO AWAY WITH MONEY THAT YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO? PLEASE LETS MAKE SENSE AND BE REASONABLE AND OBJECTIVE WHEN TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT BOTHERS THE NATION NIGERIA. YES!!! SHE MIGHT HAVE GOOD INTENTION TO HELP THE NATION WHEN SHE WAS APPOINTED, BUT AS IT IS TODAY, NGOZI IWEALA IS 100% CORRUPT, NO DOUBT. I A NOT EVEN SURE IF SHE EVER HAD GOOD INTETNTION. IF SHE WAS SUCH A GENUINE WOMAN WHY DID SHE NOT DECLARE HER ASSTETS BEFORE SHE ASSUMED HER POLITICAL APPOINTMENT. GOD WILL HELP US FROM THIS HANDS OF THESE EVIL PEOPLE[/color]

Posted: at 12-01-2012 05:08 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

IF  THAT  IS  HER  PERSONAL  MONEY  WHO  CARES  ON  HOW  SHE  SPENDS  IT.  IS  HIGH  TIME  WE  BECOME  WISE  IN  THIS  EVIL NATION  CALLED NIGERIA

Posted: at 12-01-2012 05:28 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

amibo waitin concern you......since all this years wey all this aboki dey dey steal the oil money from south........make she buy the house afterall the money does not belong to all this greedy abokis..


she phyuk up sey she go buy the hause in aboki state.......let that house be the first target of the boko idiots...........i hate fat people.

Posted: at 12-01-2012 05:37 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

are u sure she is not supporting 1 naija?

Posted: at 12-01-2012 05:50 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

 

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Posted: at 12-01-2012 06:53 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac