love naija: what is Ngozi iweala okonjo's response as the minister for the whole economy doing and responding to all these. If this had happened while she was at world bank she would have responded but in Nigeria she will be defensive angry and give a stupid answer when asked. For jonathan he is excused becos of mental challenge and intellectual confusion.

Sincere 9gerian: It remains to be seen how low the anti-GEJ cabal will sink all in attempt to discredit this govt. The FACTS available shows conclusively that Maku was right while Oby was wrong. But I understand the desperation of the HATERS, to the extent that even if the DEVIL himself criticises GEJ today, they'll be willing to side with the DEVIL just to discredit this govt.

Wsdm: If a Muslim says the truth they call him boko haram , a Christian says the truth they call him anti Christ, a politician they call him opposition, a former president they call him confused man, another tribe they call him ethnic bigot and now an expert on who's eyes you squandered these unpatriotic money is talking and you think you can cover up as usual. 'Oya' fix a date for an intellectual display if you have any truth

tete7000: And if I may ask: How many debates did her own govt honoured? Pot calling kettle black. Hypocrites.

Dee60:

Those two people you mentioned will not debate against Oby because they believe and agree that Oby is saying the truth.

222Martins:
Oby never challenged Maku, she challenged Jonathan's team; Ngozi Okonjo Iweala included. So anybody can take up the challenge. If Ngozi thinks she's up to the task, then she can stand for the federal government.

conyema12: By now the FG will be digging deep into the 10months tenure of Oby Ezekwesili as the Education minister, that is only what they know how to do....

Afam4eva: Soludo and Oby Ezekwesili are wicked human beings. They always challenge people that don't measure up to debates so that they will embarrass them. Maku should better apologize, so that he'll be left alone.

If they don't measure up, it just means they are not fit to be in government in the first place.

How can DUMB people rule over intelligent people.

Maku should as a matter of urgency resign his appointment. His credibility and competence or rather INCOMPETENCE Lack of CREDIBILITY has been exposed.

Afam4eva: Soludo and Oby Ezekwesili are wicked human beings. They always challenge people that don't measure up to debates so that they will embarrass them. Maku should better apologize, so that he'll be left alone.

If they don't measure up, it just means they are not fit to be in government in the first place.

How can D.U.M.B people rule over intelligent people.

Maku should as a matter of urgency resign his appointment. His credibility and competence or rather INCOMPETENCE Lack of CREDIBILITY has been exposed.

OAM4J:

I will give you a pointer: She was nicknamed Madam Due-Process while in office. Found out why and you will have answers to your questions.

If Jonathan had been blessed with another person like her in budget department, the billions of Naira lost to subsidy fraud most likely wouldn't have happened.

2bosun:

Since when did a nick-name become an achievement?? She was minister of mines and steel and of education for a very long time and I've tried to look for 1 single tangible achievement- I can't seem to find one.

Thing is, when you're out of office it's always easy to see things you could have changed and to criticise succesors.. she had a chance, but blew it. Her post at the world bank never led to any tangible achievement in her village talk less of in Nigeria, she needs to be quiet.

Dora, we know; Ngozi, we know.. Oby... who??

Sincere 9gerian:

The facts speak for itself and the truth can never be far from those who seek the truth. Out of several reports that showed the level of our foreign reserve and excess crude account as it 2007, I reproduced some below.

This first report was on August 2007:

"Interestingly recently at his screening for ministerial appointment on the floor of the National Assembly, the new Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman who was then a nominee and deputy Governor of the Central Bank was alleged by a section of the media to have disclosed that only $8.8 billion (N1.1 trillion) of the reported $43.6 billion foreign exchange reserve is available to the three tiers of government.

In his comment, which was misconstrued, Dr. Usman actually said on the foreign reserve: “There is so much confusion about this. People say we have $43 billion in cash and people think that the same amount of$43.6 billion should be spent. If you break down this $43 billion, about $31 billion or 71 per cent ofthis amount belongs to the CBN…So; all the three tiers of government have shared this $31 billion and spent the money. The $31 billion of this money is not available for spending. $2.3 billion of that also belongs to the Federal Government. The only amount available in the Federation Account for distribution, which is so-called excess crude, as at this time (July 2007), is about $9.9 billion? And there are some transactions that are in the pipeline, of about a $1 billion…So net; you are talking of about $8.8 billion. That is the amount to be distributed. If you translate that amount into Naira, that is just about N1.1 trillion.

.....Assembly, the CBN later clarified the position stating that the external reserve as at LAST MONTH (June 2007) stood at $43.6bn and not the $8.8bn reported by some sectionsof the media. The Head, CorporateAffairs, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr.Festus Odoko, said the fact that the new Minister for Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, said that only $8.8bn remained for sharing did not mean that the country’s external reserves were only $8.8bn. According to him, the $8.8bn referred to the excess crude oil account that was available for sharing.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/yushau-shuaib/riddles-over-foreign-reserve-and-excess-crude-account.html

How then did Ezekwesili arrive at $67billion as the total reserve left by OBJ?

ballabriggs:

Mr man quit stalking me. I studied Development Economics and Finance and I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2007 majoring in Finance and Taxation.

Prof Corruption: [img]http://img.modernghana.com/thumb.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHRoZWxvbmVkZWJhdGVyLmpwZ3w3NTB8MS8yOS8yMDEz[/img]

Afam4eva: Soludo and Oby Ezekwesili are wicked human beings. They always challenge people that don't measure up to debates so that they will embarrass them. Maku should better apologize, so that he'll be left alone.

okpara ugo:

Even Sanusi discredits the government he is working for. I wonder why he is still there. He likes salary too much.

He is the one who said the Senators and House of Rep members spend 25% of of our budget which he later said is 25% of budget overhead costs. He is the one that also called on the federal govt to reduce recurrent expenditure by sacking 50% of the nation's civil service.

2bosun: This is getting childish. Please can anyone name one significant achievement our Madam completed while in office??

It's always easy to criticise successors while you're out of office.. same goes to you OBJ!