We are disturbed by the latest falsehood published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, 16 May, 2016, and the theatre of the absurd currently playing out in the Federal Information and Culture Ministry, following the recent leak of a letter requesting a loan of N13.2 million from the National Broadcasting Commission to facilitate Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s travel to China.

For the avoidance of doubts, we are a group of public servants opposed to corruption and with revulsion for the minister’s gratuitous recklessness. We would have elected to leave the unfolding drama of corruption in the Ministry to the judgement of the reading public without this eye-witness account, but for the lying minister’s latest decision to enlist his brothers in The Nation newspapers to wage a media war on imagined ‘enemies’ and ‘saboteurs’.

We believe that no objective Nigerian, who has read the published stories on this matter so far, would require an electronic Lie-Detector to be convinced that the minister’s series of explanations were bunkum. You don’t have to be a Civil Servant or a Federal Auditor to know that even the National Broadcasting Commission itself could not duly process or pay that N13.2 million for any purpose outside what it was meant for without the Accountant General of the Federation’s official approval.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed misinformed the nation in one of his numerous bogus public rebuttals that it was normal in Government for a Chief Executive to take such ‘loans’ from parastatals under his charge as if they were banks or money lenders. He also sought to drag in the name of Mr. President by emphasizing that his China trip received Presidential endorsement and that, apart from the tourism conference in China, he was additionally going to explore the Chinese market and negotiate with manufacturers of ‘set top boxes’ required for Nigeria’s Digital Switchover as if those were the issues at stake. He additionally deceived the reading public with insinuations about a Cabal in the National Broadcasting Commission resisting his anti-corruption steps and fighting back. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Was it the Cabal that advised him to be soliciting for money from his parastatals?

A peculiar problem with the fight against corruption in Nigeria is that it is the corrupt officials themselves who usually dominate the airwaves. While they openly condemn financial crimes on the radio and pontificate about graft on the television, they return to the secrecy of their offices to count the number of ‘Ghana Must Gos’ brought in so far! In other climes where corruption is being honestly fought, stakeholders would have swiftly moved to verify the truth or falsehood in this matter while looking into the vouchers and retirements of the minister’s unspeakably reckless expenditures from the ministry’s vote in general.

The fact is that long before the recent media leak, stories of the minister’s profligacy in the ministry were legion, ranging from his persistent fleecing of the ministry’s recurrent account, ostensibly for tours of media houses, and his frequent solicitations for money from virtually all the 15 parastatals under his charge.

Indeed, the leaked NBC solicitation was the 3rd this year alone. And it would have sailed through as smoothly as ever, but for the newness in the office of the acting Director General who had stubbornly insisted that he be ‘assisted’ with a ‘small note’ for his record. Under the more experienced departed Director General, such a deal would have been verbally struck and the cash swiftly delivered in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’. It appeared that persistent solicitations from the minister were condoned by some of the sacked Directors General to guarantee the continuity of their looting, until the Tsunami that recently washed them away arrived. There are even talks of one of them parting with a brand new Jeep.

Before now, and as a result of his macabre dance of sleaze since his appointment, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had been a butt of jokes among observers in the Ministry as one of the members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Cabinet clearly not on the same page with him on his avowed fight against corruption.

In the interest of CHANGE, and in order to ensure the success of the ongoing fight against corruption, therefore, we are seizing this opportunity to urge all well-meaning media of public information and anti-corruption agencies not to allow Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s excesses to be swept under the carpet, but to beam their investigative searchlights on the unmistakable story of executive greed and graft unfolding in the ministry.

Garba Mohammed Tukur

http://saharareporters.com/2016/05/22/travel-loan-lai-mohammed-lied#.V0K-M3M4TMY.facebook

You didn't know?


Lai Lies always

When asked in a press interview about his "loan application ", the ever lying lair categorically denied it as a malicious Rumour crafted and circulated by the opposition to smear him.

Funniest thing is that he also defended the application for loan as "a normal civil service practice in the absence of cash" and went on to conclude the interview declaring to setup a probe in his ministry to expose those who leaked official govt documents to the public.

How then can we reconcile his denial at first, his defense for the loan and his vow to probe and discipline all those found wanting in the leak?

If it was a Rumour then why probe a non existing scandal ?

Liar Muhammed is not a good liar but one who knows how to choose his gullible audience.

Bloody lying bastard

Hmmm, this change don tear oo conductor, abeg transform am for me!

The scam is real

First he denied

Then he defended it as a normal practice

He then deflected it as part of the work of a cabal in his ministry working to smear him.


Ladies and gentlemen, these are the 3 oldest "Ds" in the book of misinformation and propaganda as employed by the legions of APC paid touts.

Lair Muhammed is after all a shilling baboon no different than his hired monkeys like omenka and co.




Bet you this will never make FP on www.zombieland.com aka Nairaland.

Are you kidding me?

papaejima1:
Are you kidding me?

No am goating you

Suigeneris93:




Lemme cc Mynd44 to prove you wrong

Please tell him the jollof is ready, he should please come serve us wise-wailers!

#LetsTalkAboutIt


This deceit must stop...one day

This thread will never make FP as long as that paid tout mod mynd is on janitorial duty.

The fight against corruption is a Big scam!

The fight against corruption is a Big scam! And everyday they are still the same people attacking the past administration for stealing, if effc doesn't pick lie just like they never picked Ameachi you know everything about this government is a big scam!

Lai Mohammed's appointment was a huge mistake by the President. He should be the first minister to be sacked under this administration.

folykaze ooooooooo, come see stealing is corruption plus corruption faiting back.

till now mista integrity has not deem it fit to invite baba liar mohamad to come explain why he demand money from his subordinates.

scammers, fraudsters, liars, thieves, propagandist, zombie groomers.

Father of all liars. All hail Mr Lie! Buhari will never react to this. Oh he wears earmuffs about, he can't hear anything either. This is a government of brutish crooks compensated for perfecting the greatest electioneering campaign fraud in history.

Devil is envious of Alh. Lienus skill.

this lai mohammed is army robber!
he is lucky he is not in china

If you have issues against him kindly visit nearest efcc office....

both are liars....


Both are corrupt....

Both are thieves

None has ever denied the accussations of corruption but coming to media to defend their corruption and attack each other because majority of us can only read but cant comprehend...reading between lines you will see corruption..

Chai
This is a serious wind blow chicken nyash type of ish..

Lieing is his best innate quality.Lies just enters his mouth as he speaks.

In Zombie's voice, corruption is fighting back.

VulgarVulvas:
This thread will never make FP as long as that paid tout mod mynd is on janitorial duty.

That kain thing, all those who have eaten Aisha's jollof rice. we know them

Hmmmm.... Liars never cease to amaze me

Why is this thread not on FP yet?

Seun you are a confirmed sellout

Boko attacks never make FP only army lies and now you are protecting your latest benefactor alhaji liar mohamned.

Continue

This thread must not die a technical death