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Ngozi denies buying N1.2bn Abuja mansion

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Written by Nuruddeen M. Abdallah Wednesday, 11 January 2012 05:02
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[Minister of Finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala]

Minister of Finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday denied reports by an online medium saying that she bought a N1.2 billion mansion in Maitama, Abuja.
In a statement signed by her Senior Special Assistant, Paul C. Nwabuikwu, the minister said that the news was simply the latest in a well financed smear campaign against her “by persons and groups whose interests are profoundly selfish and anti-Nigeria.”

The statement reads thus: “It has been brought to our attention that an online news website, Pointblanknews.com has just published a story alleging that Ngozi, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has purchased a property worth N1.2billion in Maitama, Abuja.”

According to the website, the minister paid for the property in November 2011, she said. Iweala said that “the story is totally false and without foundation. The minister has no interest of any sort in the property in question.”

She did not even buy a house.

The woman in question has alot of money with or without her job. For those that unaware Okonjo Iweala comes from a Royal family.  Her father is the Obi of Umu Obi Obahai Royal Family of Ogwashi-Ukwu. She might have paid the house with her legit money or not. This is poor journalism, they should have gone farther rather than speculate.

OP
You keep making up stories, u no get life? Today is nnamdi, tomorrow is your Hausa friend, next day is another Igbo man.

Ghanaians must be laughing at us right now.

Chyz*:
Why does the guy in the video have an american accent?!!!!!!! He sounds like a straight black dude from america!

Which accent? Isn't he speaking Hausa?

I weep for Nigeria. This is the people they want us to share a country with.

What's with the contradiction?

Which one is true? Pro protest or against protest?

Its a fail.

It should have impacted Nigeria by now but nothing is happening.

The rest of world barely pay attention to it.

LMFAO. To support people fantasy, the people residing in Warri whom do not believe the article are lying

I love Nairaland. It so comical

dem_people:
Alhaji abeg for the records, Vanguard isn't owned by a Delta Igbo but an Itshekiri.

And please what kind of questions would Ndigbo ask that they haven't asked before?

And by the way i thought we had a contract that you'll be Uche for the mean time? When did you decide to migrate to the dark side of a particular place to the left?

Why do you guys still listen or pay attention to that guy? There are some people you should learn to ignore.

Sad indeed. They were ignorant enough to stay up north.  It does not serve them right but at the same time it serves them right.  It is understandable for the unfortunate Igbo stuck up north but traders? Una no dey shame. I don't pity una, whatever happens to any Igbo traders still residing up north deserves it.

Ex Inferis:
armed robbery = igbo

kidnapping = igbo

drug dealing = igbo

pr0st1tut10n = igbo

419 = igbo

yahoo yahoo = igbo

human trafficking = igbo

blood rituals = igbo

fake drugs = igbo

gun running =igbo

fake products=igbo

HIV/AIDS =igbo (every single igbo girl is infected. dying like flies at NYSC)

GEJ = igbo

okonjo iweala = igbo


every single crime that dents our national image = igbo

so of what benefit are you to nigeria and nigerians? should BH then be condemend for doing the country a noble service of getting rid of scum and vermin and cleansing the society of southeastern filth??

HIV Igbo? GEJ Igbo? 419 Igbo? Riturial Igbo? Prositution Igbo? Yahoo Yahoo Igbo? Isn't 419 and yahoo the same thing? Human trafficking Igbo? Gun running Igbo? Dude, what ganja do you smoke? I do not think any of NL member actually read Nigerian stasitics, no way in hell or either una too ignorant to understand it.


The comedian and Ignorance Award goes to ExInferis

https://egyptsaidso.com/files/2009/06/bet-awards.jpg

I've read some ignorant comment on NL, but this one deserve an audience. Laughable to the highest.
https://gifs.gifbin.com/012010/1264091579_kirk_rofl.gif

When will you people learn to worry about yourself and stop engaging yourself in other people's business. Is it by force?  The Igbo mentioned what is going in Nigeria today is what they experienced after the civil war and over-comed it.  The community proved they do not need handouts to survive, they can manage themselves without one. What is your problem with that? Didn't your people chest-beat on NL, Igbo do not have political voice in Nigeria, now you want their voice?  You cannot force people to join a failed protest, you just cannot. Una getting desperate, stop begging and masking it of as a sincere concern.

Sam_Ikenna:
I'm yet to see the gain in winning the presidency. I rather be a janitor in a country that resembles Luxembourg with its little population and landmass than being the president of a country that slaughters its people annually.

support

The SS and SE division tactics NL does can be annoying at a point
I am from SS and I'm Igbo.  Chyz, ezeagu, igboboy, etc are all SS Igbo.
Una need to stop trying to divide people ooh, it is not going to work no matter how much you try it.

^^^^^^@ OP
As long as SE and SS leaves Nigeria, I don't care what happens to Nigeria.
My only dream for Nigeria is getting us out of Nigeria.

gbosaa:
mr caseless,why did you get that rubbish from,that igbos don't respect other peoples faith.all people ask for is security but its ntt there,people are killed and harmed all the time in the north and their leaders are mute about it.it didn't start with BH.it has always been there,, someone makes a comment or drew a cartoon in europe,hausas descend on innocent ppl here,isreal having problem with their neighbours,emirs and imans send out ppl who don't read paper or watch news against innocent ppl.what the bleep are talking about, and who says hausas don't fear death,they were mauled down by gen lekwot and kataf ppl and eaten like pigs when they met like minded ppl like them,they,ll always hide behind other tribes in an open warfare,they are not the best graduates and military but will always take a short cut to the top,you don't bomb ppl and run like BH.u don't attack unarmed ppl like they do up there and call yourself superior,u don't shoot civilians when they are asleep like fulani soldiers do in jos,if you are man you should fight fair otherwise you are a savage barbarians.they are worse than rabid dogs,let the igbos be nija zimbabwe .its ntt your bleeping proplem,people want peace and security.igbos are nt sacrificial lambs to keep nigeria together,

Oil no dey? I guess you aren't aware there is Oil in Anambra, Abia, etc but all reserved. No natural resources? Coal in Enugu, Mineral and Gas in Imo state, Crude oil and Gas in Abia State, minerals in Ebonyi etc are not natural resource?  What about ND Igbo like myself, do you think our resources do not belong to all Igbo community?  SE Nigeria resources are on reserve and that region is doing perfectly good thus what you said still applies. They can survive without resources but they do have resources.

NorthSharp:
You mdfcking Iyamiri bastard, you should know that it things were to take that shape, you would be the greater losers. As you were spewing that none-sense from you gutter of a month, ask your okoro uncles to tell you how many millions of your piggish Ibos are STILL living in North, as opposed to some thousands of Hausas that might still be living in your God-forsaken, erosion-ridden area?

Ask your that your useless palm-wine drinking gap-toothed father, how huge and extensive are the investments of your people across the North, as compared to the investments of our people in your area.

It people like you, with no brains no enlightenment that would push this whole thing into a conflagration that would consume so many innocent lives from both sides.

As a Hausa poster has been trying to get it stuck in your thick skulls for a long time now, you would be hard pressed to find a SINGLE Hausa-Fulani Muslim who supports the evil deeds of the BH. In fact, the murderous group, which is dreaded equally by Muslims and Christians, has so far killed MORE Muslims than Christians.

But lowlifes like you, who cannot understand that it is beyond the ordinary Northern Muslims to confront a murderous terrorist organization that is akin to Al Qaeda in its tactics and sophistication, find it convenient to spew your venomous hatred on the over FOURTY millions Hausa Fulanis as being supporters or even members of BH. Son of a wretched NaughtyWoman!

Dude wtf have you been smoking? I know 5 dudes who used to trade up North.  There isn't much up there, people go up north because it is easier to flourish up there because of low competition than SE or SS. Those still residing up North fear the competition backhome, nothing else .  All the SE/SS and SW residing up North are not making more money than those back home.   WTF have you been smoking?

  At God-forsaken place.  Is it comical the God forsaken region is better than your entire region. Check statistics dude. I'm starting to believe Nigerians on NL live in some fantasy land, not Nigeria.

WTF

I don't support kicking people out but finally thank God someone spoke up.  SE is too patient, way too patient, that's the only downfall for SE.  They rather remain in peace unless provoked. That's civilization after all.

Comeon can we be realistic for once

The most influential Nigerian language outside of Nigeria is Hausa followed by Fulani. They speak Hausa and Fulani in all West African country, then Sudan, etc.

Igbo and Yoruba are neutral. Few bits of Yoruba language are known similar to how few bits of Igbo are known.

The best comparison for the North without South would be Niger and maybe Mali.  They will lose alot, might fall back to very underdeveloped nation but after few years, they might regain themselves using agriculture.

Nchara:
Everlasting mo/ro/n. Why are the Yorubas not leaving the North en masse? You want to taunt the Igbo and hope nobody calls you out?

Only deluded fools like you claim BH activities only affect the Igbos. Keep deluding yourself.

I wonder ooo!!!!.  Igbo dey in their head 24-7,  it must be sad to live your life worrying about what someone else is doing and not caring of yourself. 
Some Igbo are smart enough to leave the North while some stay.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-809408.0.html

I hate the stupidity Nigerian whom have not traveled outside of their villages display on NL.  Jealousy has never been good Nigerians.  That is difference between a typical white man and a typical black man. The shame

lukkie:
I'd feel bad if i was Ibo too. But this is actually true. Why do Ibo buy so much property outside their homeland when they remember the wounds of Biafra? Or do they think it can't happen again? Yorubas also buy property outside their homeland but it's largely insignificant compared to Ibos.

But everybody should know that Nigeria may implode at any moment. This is even being fast-tracked by the clueless president we currently have.

Goodluck to everyone sha.

The same reason Igbo buy houses, etc outside of Africa or where-ever they reside and also the same reason why the Igbo who own property all over Nigeria, has alot of property back in their hometown as well. Long story short, those property latter in life will bring wealth incase things become to scarce for them, at least they have something to fall back on thus the reason why most of the Igbo returning back to Enugu sold all their property up north.  That money will help them open up a new business and feed them until that business kicks off.

SMH.  Nigerians, Nigerians, I pity Una.  This is why poverty is lower in SE and SS region in Nigeria, they think ahead when in comes to life.

sheyguy:
With pride and false ego, they will hardly come out to voice their true feelings.
They will rather come out and try to manipulate others by accusing them of being traitors, being parasites, illiterates, cowardly, beggars and touts.
I av never seen a people so willing to self destruct because of pride and false ego.

this is a shame, ND and our neighboring states have voiced their true feelings for all. Why do you all refuse to listen?

The title should be "Isaac Osuka in the Niger Delta now recognize that Johnathan is a waste of time".

I do not like how NL use a say of someone from one region and mask it as if he or she speaks for the whole community.

stayreal:
Growing up, I had many yoruba friends. Its a shame so many of them hate us, because we have a lot in common. I have lurked on NL for some time and just started posting. I never heard such hate for us in person. After the war, we were giving 20 pounds each, our property was seized, making us among the poorest people in the world. By the grace of God, 40 years later we have essentially are equal or surpass them in almost every sphere of life from sports, entertainment, academics, business acumen, beauty/good looks, shear determination, etc. We have waxed stronger and stronger. We have been through more than any people in Nigeria and we still hold our heads up high. I'm sure that some of it is envy. Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

You've spoken the truth, it is like you are reading my mind: I thought they were cool, not tribalistic, jealous and all time hatred. Few visit on NL, my eyes opened.  I pray one day all the Igbo in this world visit this forum and see oo, they wouldn't even know how to process it but we, as the people will learn who we can or cannot trust!!! The bolded, na true talk.  When I think about it, I actually laugh, the Igbo community despite getting the short end in Nigeria has surpassed all Nigerian region that took the little they had after the Biafran war.  Comical to say the least, It is a shame the curse the british descended on SE and SS.  It is a shame indeed. SS, though we are used and dumped on by Nigeria daily, our region is better in many categories than other Nigerian region.  The only other region that can stand in par with us is SE. Hahahaha. As they say payback is a b1tch.

Lasinoh:
Because they are re-tarded of course.
After their so-called civil war. . .you would think they would have made Eastern Nigeria China or Japan with all their waka-waka.
Whosai!

Always here and there making noise. . .what a wasted sacrifice! TWA!

So-so ritualism, kidnapping, drug-trafficking and 419.

LEAVE THE NORTH AND GO BACK TO YOUR BIAFRA-NIGERIA!!!

Time to put your noise where your mouth is. . .instead of in the bush!

Thank God. . . my own better bred ANIOMA IGBO peeps are all in the South-South. . . they NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE BUT BRIEFLY.


Ndi-Igbo go back to your own land. . . and stop inhabiting the lands of others. YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN ONE NIGERIA. . . MOOOOOVE YOUR BLOOMING AZZZZES!!!!

Despicable excuse of a human being like yourself should never mention us ever.

stayreal:
Brothers, see the confusion with these people. They want you to build Biafra but their fathers fought to keep you in one Nigeria.   If they want us to form Biarfa, they should be among the first people going to the UN to get us out of Nigeria. The fear of Ndigbo is beginning of "one Nigeria". These people would rather be  miserable with you than without you.

I agree oo!!!  Even today, Igbo are still clamoring for Biafra yet they still refuse to let us out. The Igbo whether SE or SS protesting for all Igbo in seeking Biafra are either arrested, sometimes attacked.  Imagine If they do not want us, then they should do as we wish.

mekaboy:
  THE IGBOS ARE IN OTHER REGIONS BECAUSE EVERY IGBO MAN IS SELLING AN NONE IS BUYING, SO IF THEY ARE ALL IN THE SAME REGION AND THEY ARE ALL SELLING, WHO WILL BUY FROM THE OTHER WHEN THEY ALL SELL ??

Though I know this is mocking, I think you hit the nail in the head.  Business is everywhere in SE and SS thus alot of competition thus they seek places that have alot of potential but is wasted on the indigenous of that land which in return provide very little to no competition from the indigenous of the land.  Most of the Igbo living out are the ones who couldn't or were unable to make it in their region thus seeking an easier place for them. Comical enough, they remain the poor ones when compared to all Igbo community in the world. Maybe they should stop fearing competition and try learning from businessmen in Igboland.

iiiyyyk:
see somebody protesting with gross ignorant, u don't even have simple national data, how am i sure u even know what subsidy removal is all about. Remember SE dose not need oil to survive, great nations of this world are not great through crude oil. an Igbo son does not beg any were in the world, it is a God given potential.so there is nothing man can do about that.

SE and SS has been one historically, culturally and geographically even before the discovery of Crude oil. There are Igbos in Rivers,Delta and even part of c river. Rather i think is people like you that is trying to create divisions in the eastern region because you cannot resist crude oil.
Your almajery begging mentality will not allow you to leave eastern Nigeria alone.

we are not protesting in SS/SE.

@ nnena1 you right, but they are not constructive in their protest. no body is even talking about the wicked importers who have been sharing this money with our devilish politicians all these yrs. All they are shouting is Gej b/cos they think he is a gentle president nd some feel he is weak.

@ GAR3TH. Also in America, a particular region will not be sponsoring the bombing of innocent citizens simple because they want to undermine the regime of a president or to make him appear incapable.

Isn't it comical to say the least.  Beaf, a non-igbo but SS, started this thread but yet Igbo & SE are being blamed for calling other parasite.   No offense to Beaf, I like you. I suppose SE aren't allowed to voice their opinion anymore despite their region mentioned on this thread. LMFAO, Alj_harem guy & co are funny characters; tribalist calling others tribalist. Wetin I no go see? haha yet they wonder why SE and SS do not want to join in this failed protest.

SE/SS, listen to your elders, don't join.
It easy to be a victim but it silly not to fight victimization.

Nnenna1:
I understand the rationale (or theory) behind the removal of the subsidy. However, I read several posts here that calculated what is claimed to be the true cost of fuel (~N45) and I'm a little confused. I want to know how the removal of this subsidy translates to over a 100% increase in the price of fuel.

Honestly the people aren't angry at the subsidy removal. They aren't even really angry that the government is corrupt and Nigerians are suffering - after all the Nigerian government has been corrupt since inception and no one really complained (sad but true).

The REAL contention here is the increase in fuel price that happened in the blink of an eye - which in turn may cause much more corruption and suffering than Nigerians can take.

The government's history of elephant projects and siphoning away of the so called funds set aside for good use, is enough to convince Nigerians that this sacrifice may too be high to bear.

We must know how the books justify the intense spike in fuel price. In addition, if the intention is to "shift" subsidy to other areas how about we get results that we can see immediately? Double the minimum wage, for instance. Anything that can bring immediate relief the the burden of the common man.

I can sort of understand why South Easterners and Niger Deltans are a little quiet about this, but guys know that challenging the government, even if officials have good intentions, is for the betterment of everyone.

We all don't even have to like each other to see reason in this - let us speak up on this issue and demand that 1) Measures be taken to counteract the effect of the subsidy removal immediately, 2) the fuel subsidy be repealed and reintroduced subtly, and with counteracting measures to "even" things out or  3) the removal be repealed in its entirety.

Yes there is a small chance that this removal is for the better, but I have a sinking feeling that it will be for the very worst if these crucial issues are not addressed.

Should this removal backfire, it will severely affect everyone regardless of ethnicity. Please set aside whatever grudges you all may have and work towards a life that is less hellish, at least as far as SS and SE is concerned, if that is all matters.

Nnenna
.  You are right, the concept behind the protest isn't about fuel subsidy as they claim but a more hidden agenda.

Obiagu1:
This is the reason SE/SS are not protesting.



Poverty in Nigeria

North East = 72.2%
North West = 71.2%
North central = 67%
South West = 43%
South South = 36.1%
South East = 26.7%

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/212244_poverty20level20in20Nigerian20zones-Punch20newspaper2020031_jpg41bdcb734786e57c46ab47dd1cbd99fd[/img]


[size=16pt]Case closed![/size]

alj_harem:
Tomorrow South-south aka edo and rivers state would protest Insha Allah. I hope delta too would join

and I don't know why you keep saying the north and SW hate you ?

You really need to start ignoring some posters. Ok !!!

You're an example of the obvious hate despite your double-face but you are right I need to start ignoring some posters.  Someone already mentioned he did not see any protest in rivers and he reside in rivers as for delta, keep waiting on that. I know my people, they are as cool as ice, we move on, we do not waste our time on unproductive activity; if they ever do, I'll personally fly back to Asaba and slap every Asabaian and other Deltans I meet

iiiyyyk:
SE  will not waste their time protesting. subsidy or no subsidy we don't care, what we want from Naija is true federalism, so that we can use our God giving talents and creativity to fulfill our dream of being the most evenly developed and industrialize region in Africa.
most great nations of the world are not great because they have oil and gas.

  Brothers from SE please don't join the protest, if you do, tomorrow they will all betray u and again make you the  scapegoat

Two cannot work without agreement. in the Nigeria project we expect more than two to work without agreement, its not possible brothers. The Nigeria project is a failed project.
Politicians need more money to share.

I support the bolded. An average Igbo, SE and SS knows this protest is not going to change the mind of the of the politician especially when the protest is about something we experienced and still experiencing.  It is now a national problem and they b1tching about it  .  As a former comment mentioned when SS was protesting and crying where was other Nigerian region, the only other region that stood up for us was SE, now they want us to protest with them? Commot.  When SE was protesting, they were branded as bad by Nigerians, now SE decided not to protest, Na wahalla too. What do they want? Is an Igbo or any other SE or SS protesting going to change the outcome of what happened? I suppose because the scapegoat refused to protest, a new scapegoat has to surface in case things turns sour and they do not want that.  I support Igbo not protesting; I support SE and SS as whole not protesting we want succession, not revolution.  Nigeria is unfixable and every day, Nigeria proves this fact.  Each year new problem surfaces and when that is dealt with, another problem surfaces. It is as easy as ABC, as they say you cannot save a dead man, all you can save is a dying man. Nigeria has corrupted the mind of SE and SS politicians, when Nigeria break apart, our politicians will be dealt with but as for now let us focus on the breaking away part thus SE and SS listen to the old, young and new do not protest.  Listen oo!, don’t get involved at all.

frosbel:
So you hate Money

If I dangle a $1000 bill in front of you for free, will you not grab it ?

Hypocrite !!!!

No mind am. Aren't they the ones protesting right now and Igbo are not?

longer throat calling others longer throat Imagine

Wetin I no go see Na life.

y2kaustin:
@Sopono, ndigbo is a curse to this country,every bad thing both home and abroad,ranging from ritual killing for money,arm robbery(sophisticated),forgery,piracy,cheating,just name it the list go all and all and all and all.you will see an igbo man as the lead or grand perpetrators.so am not surprise at these,they are indeed cheap because an igbo man when it comes to"the money",they can do anything even if its their mother or father standing on the way,they will hack him or her to death.just to get "the money". SPIT!!!!

  Isn't it comical, the amount of hate you have for a particular group whom are doing alot better than you'll ever do in your entire life?  Out of curiosity, name a group in Nigeria not doing any of the crime you ascribe as an Igbo crime and i'll prove you wrong right here and now. If we are such a curse, grant us our wish, let us leave.  No other group in Nigeria have been screaming we want out of Nigeria as much as Igbo do yet you keep us, fought us to keep us in this supposed "curse" of sh1t-hole Nigeria in the same country which you deem we cursed?  Let us go jor, so we can continue living our blessed life in a better industry and a better country.  Nigeria is holding us back, imagine SE and SS, despite having little after Biafran war and despite others trying to keep it down still managed to outdo other Nigerians as whole yet you wonder who cursed who? Abeg.  Let us leave, rid yourself of the curse why don't you? Imagine a curse calling others a curse.  Wetin I no go see for NL.

y2kaustin:
which and which be specific, but have you asked yourself,why is that virtually all the tribes in Nigeria hate igbos?try and find out ok.

I hate when NL talk out of their asses sometimes. SW and North hate Igbo and we know, the feeling is gradually becoming mutual thanks to NL and your obvious hatred but stop dragging other tribes into your hatred.  No matter how much you like it, Igbo have been in a good reference with other SE groups as well as SS groups too.  You try to divide us till king dom come but yet it is not working.  Continue trying if you like, it is still not going to work.