Oshiomhole: Okonjo-Iweala took $1bn for Jonathan’s re-election

Oshiomhole accuses ex-Finance Minister of fiddling with ECA

Former finance minister: Gov suffering from ‘numerical diarrhoea’

The war of words between Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole and former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the management of the nation’s finances raged on yesterday as the governor accused the former minister of illegally taking $1 billion from the Federation Account to fund the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He also challenged Okonjo-Iweala to tell Nigerians how the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was drawn down to $4.1 billion from $10 billion when no approval was given by the National Economic Council (NEC) for any withdrawal. The governor spoke yesterday in Benin at a seminar organised by the state government for permanent secretaries, directors and deputy directors with the theme: “Enhancing IGR in Edo: Issues, prospects and challenges.”
Oshiomhole said Okonjo- Iweala would have been declared a pathological liar if she were a witness in court due to the inconsistencies in her statements. He added that a forensic audit would determine how much was illegally spent from the Federation Account under her watch.
The governor also told participants at the seminar that the state government would hold them responsible for any fraud detected in their departments.

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