The Federal Government was not interested in any genuine effort to clean up the corruption and mess in the oil sector, and that is merely engaging in window dressing by setting up committees upon committees, whose outcomes would eventually add to the growing list of reports that are now gathering dust at the presidency.

Clerverly: We all saw it coming....

Gbawe:

Indeed. I have to say though that Ribadu comes out of this with his reputation enhanced. The 'leakage' of the report to Reuters was a masterclass. If that had not happened, the original report would have been 'doctored' so much it would appear to totally exonerate the FG and give it a clean bill of health. The result would then be that Ribadu would appear to have done an 'Abati' i.e a character with a sound reputation transformed into a mouthpiece of corruption. This was always the intention of GEJ and his corrupt minions. They wanted someone with a great reputation, regarding corruption, to use and/or corrupt.

Ribadu appears a good student of history who has learnt well from the past to the extent he has now 419ned the masters of 419. Whatever happens, he has done OK when many , including myself, thought he would walk away badly damaged and 'soiled' like the Abatis of the world.

Gbawe:

Indeed. I have to say though that Ribadu comes out of this with his reputation enhanced. The 'leakage' of the report to Reuters was a masterclass. If that had not happened, the original report would have been 'doctored' so much it would appear to totally exonerate the FG and give it a clean bill of health. The result would then be that Ribadu would appear to have done an 'Abati' i.e a character with a sound reputation transformed into a mouthpiece of corruption. This was always the intention of GEJ and his corrupt minions. They wanted someone with a great reputation, regarding corruption, to use and/or corrupt.

Ribadu appears a good student of history who has learnt well from the past to the extent he has now 419ned the masters of 419. Whatever happens, he has done OK when many , including myself, thought he would walk away badly damaged and 'soiled' like the Abatis of the world.

k2039:
That's the summary of the whole matter.



I WEPT

It reiterated its earlier statement that the Federal Government was not interested in any genuine effort to clean up the corruption and mess in the oil sector, and that is merely engaging in window dressing by setting up committees upon committees, whose outcomes would eventually add to the growing list of reports that are now gathering dust at the presidency.

ochukoccna:
ACN got it right regarding the intent of the PDP,Ebele and their probes this time[like many other times]
Expect the 40 man lappy squad cavalry to come charging into this thread any time soon to defend their bosses
Always defending the indefensible
Also expect the 40lap squad to attack personalities and not address issues

Tusky44:


Just fu*king stop these silly pics for once! Haba! Have you finished your homework?

fm7070: If FGN doesn't involve the right man, same ACN will be making noise.
Now, the put the person they believe will do a good job, even when he belonged to an opposition party and ACN is saying this nonsense.
I think GEJ government is trying to be as transparent as they could be on this petroleum probe issue.

phemieojelabi: Honestly! It shows dia is no single transparency in this GEJ administration.if publicly Oransaye could ultered those statement 2 d No 1 citizen face n proper action could nt be taken.Then i wonda Y his administration wan2 rubbish lyk of Ribadu after a solid credible report has been submitted."God will deliver us" Bt we need to do it "RIGHT" by choosing the right pple in POWER.

ALMUSTAQIM: THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS PDP GOVT IS INSINCERE. RIBADU SHOULD RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE WITHOUT DELAY. LONG LIVE NIGERIA.

But in an update on his Facebook Page Sunday evening, Mr. Ribadu said he resisted all attempts to be compromised because he had taken a position to always be on the side of the Nigerian people.

He said as far as he is concerned a good name is better than monumental wealth.

“I have made my choice to stand with the Nigerian people, to place national interest before any other knowing that a good name is better than silver and gold,” the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told his followers.


Mr. Ribadu, in his reaction, expressed disappointment at attempts to discredit the report, saying Mr. Oronsaye and Mr. Otti hardly participated in the deliberations of the committee, as they were busy lobbying to be given plum jobs at the NNPC.

“Mr President, I wasn’t expecting this development, so please do excuse me if I may say a few things,” he said. “This Task Force was set up in February. We started work effectively in March. Most of the members that you have seen here abandoned what they were doing and came here and we worked every single day. We gave everything to it.

“For about three months, Chief Oronsanye never participated one day in the deliberations of this committee. Not even a single day, never. The first time we saw Chief was when at the end of the work when we were talking about recoveries from companies that he jumped in. All the members are here, they can bear me witness. He never participated in this work.

“While others, who were appointed from outside the industry to look at it critically and give you an honest opinion, and ensure the independence of that committee, Chief Oronsanye got himself appointed into the Board of the NNPC.

“The other gentleman, Otti, who spoke became the director of Finance, NNPC, and they decided to, more or less, bully everybody and take over.

“And they wanted us to write for them. Committee members refused. By the time they were appointed (into NNPC) the most honourable thing they could have done could have been to resign from the committee. They refused to resign. Chief (Oronsanye) has not been in this country for a while. He flew in this morning to come and do this before Mr. President. And I think the President deserves more respect than you have done now.”

garri_gangster:
DEMDEM the Retardeen, is that you in disguise?