A socio political group under the auspices of Media Rights Agenda (MRA) over the weekend decry the hatchet plan by some individuals who are hell bent dragging former Director General of PENCOM Mrs. Chinelo Anohu – Amazu’s name into public ridicule and odium.

In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Com. Ishola Ishaka said there are calculated clandestine motives by fifth columnists, mischief makers and agent provocateurs, who have been holding secret meetings at different locations across the length and breadth of Abuja and Lagos respectively to smear the hard earned reputation of the former Director General of Pencom, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu – Amazu.

The statement:

The attention of the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has been drawn to this orchestrated gang up by fifth columnists and disgruntled persons who have an axe to grind with the former DG by digging up an act passed by the former President and the National Assembly to appoint and confirm the former DG of Pencom and make it look as if there is more to it than meet the eyes. They are hell -bent to tarnish the hard earned reputation of Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu who has served the country meritoriously all these years and have shattered the glass ceiling by raising the bar and building investors confidence including paying pensioners as at when due with the cooperation of the present administration.
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) stumbled on a hatchet plan by this disgruntled elements who are envious of her achievements as Pencom DG and are hell bent to settle personal scores while having an axe to grind by dragging her name into public ridicule and odium. Following the above, we are compelled to issue the following statements.
1. That the appointment of the former DG was done in regards to all known laws and principles including equity and justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. That the former President and 7th Senate worked harmoniously in reducing the age limit of an occupant of the office of the DG for merit and competence to assume the office. That the former President and then National Assembly took into cognizance the professional competence, education and experience over age to appoint Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu. MRA called on Nigerians and the international community to disregard the hatchet plot by mischief makers who are envious of the rising profile of the former DG and therefore disregard all the orchestrated media attacks that would be used in the coming days ahead. Nigerians are hereby forewarned of such innuendos.
2. Our investigations revealed that the concocted plan and orchestration is to change and twist the story in public domain, to make it look as if she was appointed from the back door and to also change what transpired between the executive and the legislator in her appointment as the former DG. We have reliably gathered that the hatchet job is to taint and paint what transpired then to assume a new dimension whereas there was nothing of such.
3. MRA views the clandestine plot by the enemies of progress and fifth columnists as mischievous and false with an intent to smear the name of the former DG due to her zero tolerance for corruption and her hard stance not to compromise the pension industry while holding sway as the DG then.
4. MRA urge Nigerians and the media not to be used by the fifth columnists in this mischievous agenda and plot to bring down the name of a youthful Nigerian technocrat who has grown the pension industry from 2.5 trillion fund assets base to 6.5 trillion in less than three years in office. That her achievement speaks volume and as such well -meaning Nigerians should disregard the plot in all its entirety.
5. MRA condemns in strongest terms the plot by media houses who lent their medium to be used by these mischief makers for such hatchet job to denigrate and disparage a woman of substance who have paid her dues forthrightly by turning around the moribund pension industry to what we have today.
6. MRA is sending a note caution and warning to the hatchet jobbers and traducers to desist from denigrating the name of the former DG and advised Nigerians to disregard and distance themselves from these self serving plot to smear the name of Mrs. Chinelo Anohu – Amazu and the National Assembly members who have sacrificed their lives for the growth of the country.
Signed:
Com. Ishola Ishaka
National Coordinator, MRA