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Might be another hoax....just fumes from their generator

Seems thia story ia untrue. It is not in the major news channels and regular newspapers online

The subject title is very misleading..it says "How Jonathan’s Aides Embezzle $6m Yearly From NPA – Okonjo-iweala" when in fact it should be saying how Jonathan government fought corruption.

It is so sad to imagine that amongst ordinary Nigerians like us who benefited from the reforms of the govt under Jonathan, we will still go about turning straightforward information upside down.

For a start even the opening paragraph says it all.. " Okonjo-Iweala said she became a target of very powerful interests after she sought and got approval from Jonathan for the implementation of the ports reforms, which include the abolishing of a Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) a regime which importers argued added costs to them for duplicate services

The fact that these reforms were made under Jonathan makes it clear the extreme efforts that the then govt made in general to reform this country. No wonder prices of essential commodities stayed the same for 4 years and in some cases even became cheaper....as bureaucratic bottlenecks and other black-market enhancing schemes were carefully eliminated. Today black market and profiteers are back to thriving

Most of all know the people and past leaders who have always benefitted and still benefit from the entrenched systemic corruption in the country. Is it not strange that all these people worked against the election of Jonathan? How can corrupt people work to remove "Jonathan who is "corrupt" to install a GMB who will "fight corruption".

Hear Nkonjo-Iweala again, "On October 14, 2011, the Minister of Transport and I sent a memo to the President that outlined the short, medium and long term problems of Nigeria’s ports, proposed solutions and requested approval for implementation shortly thereafter".......and, “About six weeks into the implementation of the port reforms, in early December 2011, I received a message that a top-ranking presidential aide wanted me to stop by his office anytime I was in the Villa.”

How can the same Jonathan govt that created the economic team and gave Nkonjo Iweala the free hand to implement all these changes that were approved by the president Jonathan himself....now be the same person to be accused again for corruption? How long had that scam been going on and in which govt.

We all felt the positive impact of these port reforms....24 hours operations and reduction of process from 13 to about 7.

Is this corruption....

I hail on sha

The story is so scanty...no circumstance, no location, no police report,

It is strange that EFCC is working seriously to prevent Deziani tried in Nigeria. I just cant understand it.

You say this woman stole $42b and that she owns hundreds of houses....yet you are working hard to prevent her from being tried in Nigeria..

Is there a case against her in the U.K?