I DIDNT MISAPPROPRIATE ANY MONEY - OKNOJO-IWEALA
FINANCE: Former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has washed her hands off allegations of unauthorized spending during the tenure as minister, saying it is a political witch hunt. Recall that allegations of unauthorized withdrawals from the Excess Crude account were leveled against her by FG recently. Okonjo-Iweaka who said this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Paul C Nwabuikwu said t5he allegation is "false, malicious and totally without foundation". Former Minister of Finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Photo credit davebrookpr.com The statement read thus: “We want to state categorically that no unauthorized expenditure from the ECA was made under Okonjo-Iweala’s watch in the Finance Ministry. Decisions on such expenditure were discussed at meetings of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) attended by finance commissioners from the 36 states. “It is curious that in the...