Nigeria’s Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has disclosed that she has
stepped on toes but denied planning to flee the country to escape
alleged corruption charges under the incoming Buhari government.
Speaking
with State House correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of
Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday
(Wednesday), she said..
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“I have
not sought such assistance because I am not aware that I have been
indicted of any crime that I will need a soft landing,”
“Over the last four years, I have been severally and unfortunately accused and labeled in so many malicious and vindictive ways.
“In
this period of time, I have stepped on many big toes, particularly the
toes of the cabals that were in the industry when we came in.
“I have
said severally said that we will open up the industry to all Nigerians,
and we have, but that is not to the pleasure of certain cabals. And I
have been continuously maligned because of this.”
The
minister, while noting that everything that has a beginning must have an
end, said she has done the best for Nigeria in her present job and has
attained many firsts in the history of oil and gas especially in the
reforms she has initiated.
According
to her, the ministry has taken billions of dollars from multinationals
and their subcontractors and put them in the hands of Nigerians through
the Nigerian content law.
With
the reforms initiated under her watch, she said hundreds of thousands of
Nigerians are now playing major roles the oil and gas industry, a
situation she said has irked many people.
She
also on Wednesday disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) has started refunding the $1.48bn unremitted fund
into the Federation Account as recommended by an audit firm,
PriceWaterHouse Coopers.
She however did not disclose how much has so far been refunded.
Make she nor return am na
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