A
civil rights organisation, under the aegis of Gatekeeper Foundation, has
insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, must
be relieved of her position in order to ensure non-interference with the
forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The
group also attributed the rejection of Madueke as the President of the
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries as a result of its protest in
Vienna, Austria.
The
audit was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan towards investigating the
alleged non-remittance of $20bn by the NNPC into the Federation Account.
The
Executive Director of Gatekeepers Foundation, Mr. Blessing Agbomhere, who led
the anti-Diezani protest, told journalists on Saturday in Abuja at the Federal
Capital Territory council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists that it would not
be right for a government that claimed to be fighting graft to allow the
minister to preside over her own case.
According
to him, Madueke is not bigger than Nigeria and “should stop running away from
the National Assembly if she has nothing to hide.”
Agbomhere
said, “She must bring our money and I am ready to go to court over this issue.
What is good for (Sanusi Lamido) Sanusi is good for Diezani. She must step
aside for the forensic audit to be carried out.
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