Solomon Dalung THE GREED OF A FEMALE MINISTER

Solomon Dalung THE GREED OF A FEMALE MINISTER
She is a female. She is a mother. Her
name is Diezani-Alison Madueke, the
current Minister of Petroleum Resources and a mother of
three children. Checking her profile
reveals that God has been
kind to her all her life. Diezani never
lacked any good thing: born into a
royal family, went to one
of the best schools in the world,
Howard and Cambridge; worked in
one of the best companies in
Nigeria, Shell Petroleum; married to
one of the top personalities in Nigeria;
and blessed with three children And
the country, Nigeria, too gave Diezani
the best she could ever give her
citizens.
Diezani Alison-Madueke has held
three significant positions in the
Nigerian federal government. She was appointed Transport Minister in 2007.
In 2008, she was named as Minister of Mines and Steel Development. And after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan became acting President in February 2010, with diezani was named as Minister for
Petroleum Resources. This is the post she has held till this moment. And the World was not left out in being kind to
Diezani: in 2014, she was elected the
first female President to OPEC; In
December 2014, she was elected
President, Gas Exporting Countries
Forum (GECF); she is currently also
Chairman Committee of Ministers of
the West African Gas Pipeline
Authority (WAGPA).
But with all these benevolence from
God, country and world, Diezani has
been in the news for corruption
tendencies of the highest order since
2008. Check the following:

1. In 2008 Alison-Madueke was
subject to a Senate probe after it
emerged that as Transport Minister
she had paid N30.9 billion ($263
million) to contractors between 26
and 31 December 2007.

2. Diezani Allison was alleged to have spent over N10 billions
inappropriately on private jets
maintenance whilst many Nigerians
suffer.

3. In 2009, the Senate of Nigeria
indicted Diezani Alison-Madueke and recommended prosecution for
the alleged transfer of N1.2 billion into the private account of a toll company without due process and in breach of concession agreement.
4. In April 2015, Diezani was alleged to have stole N1.329 trillion as subsidy payments over three years (2009 to 2011)

5. Under Diezani's supervision, the
corrupt NNPC had been spending
N700 million daily to subsidise
kerosene without the product
reaching consumers who pay as
much as N150 per litre, instead of the
NNPC’s N55 per litre.

6. In January 2015, $700 million (raw
cash) was allegedly found in her
house, out of which $10
million was stolen by her house aide.

7. In April 2015, Diezani was reported
to have been responsible for the missing $20 billion dollars out
of which $16 billion has been
returned.
So what could have made this
woman, Diezani, who has had it all to
still steal and engage in corruption
practices at the expense of Nigeria?
GREED! Yes greed, the intense and
selfish desire for wealth and power. It
could be forgiven when a man is
associated with corruption. it could be forgiven when a man steal. But when a woman is at the centre of it all then,
all is not well. And if the person is a
mother? God have mercy! What will
she tell her children? What will she tell her grandchildren? A woman is
supposed to be a mother of hope and
a beacon of integrity.

Today, everything seems to be going
wrong for Diezani. She has been
going from pillar to post, lobbying to get a soft landing in the event she is probed by the incoming administration of General Buhari. Few weeks ago, she was reported to have been flown to London for medical checkup. And
about 3 days ago, 6 countries were
reported to have denied the Minister's asylum requests.
If Diezani falls, it should not be
blamed on God, if Diezani fizzles out,
it should not be blamed on
country. If Diezani goes to prison it
should not be blamed on Gen. Buhari. Rather, it should be
blamed on Diezani herself. Her selfish desire to want to steal, and steal, and steal. Yes it will be
blamed on Diezani herself, the greedy
woman minister.

By Guruz9a team