Hundreds of protesters this morning besieged
the presidential villa gate to demand the immediate removal of a Central Bank
of Nigeria former deputy governor, Dr. Joseph Nnana over corrupt activities.
Nnana who is presently a Board Chairman at the
Nigeria Export Import Bank,NEXIM is being fingered to be behind some corrupt
and fraudulent activities going on in the bank.
The protesters under the aegis of the Awareness
For Good Governance Group (AGGG) said It is disheartening to note the absolute
misgivings and unethical conduct of some cursed breeds occupying sensitive
position of offices most especially in the financial sector which is supposed
to operate on a clean slate. The Convener of the group, Princess Ajibola said,
“we observed with stark dismay the recent dubious engagements of one Dr Joseph
Nnana, a former Deputy Governor (Economic Policies) at the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) who was appointed barely one year ago to serve as the board
chairman of NEXIM.
“We regret to publicly announce the fraudulent
and nepotistic crave of Dr Nnana who has soiled his already filthy hands with
cans of worms without traces of professional approach and have proven to the
world that he is not fit to occupy any public office; not even a treasurer of
any hamlet developmental Union talk less of a reputed public treasury like
NEXIM Bank.
She said as a group, the Awareness For Good
Governance platform is a formidable front vested with the sole interest of
encouraging good leadership style in the public and financial sector of the
economy.
“We all know our beloved country is rated
among the third world country. However, our developmental stride is not limited
because Nigeria under the pragmatic leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari
accord zero tolerance to corruption.
“As an unrepentant Apostle of corruption, the
said Nnana who is unqualified to occupy the position of the organization’s
Chairmanship is personalizing the affairs of the Bank by allowing his emotions
to take the lead while he steers activities of the bank to the murky waters of
frustration, looting and scandals.
She said recently, Nnana authorized the
payment of over 100 million naira as severance package for his girlfriend, one
Saratu Umar who was once a staff of the bank but was sacked due to her widely
attested negligence and incompetence.
“Furthermore, our group noted the latest
scheming of Dr Nnana and his cabals by illegitimately recommending and
approving mass sack of staff of the bank perceived to opposed his corrupt
minded posture, abuse of public office and lack of due process in his self-seeking
and serving interest as an dictator without focus.
“The ongoing mass sack through threats and
intimidation by Nnana is to allow him his cronies and allies, mostly from his
State of Origin amass illegitimate public fund at the expense of the formerly
standard but now crippling organization under the watch of corrupt stenched
filled Nnanna.
“AGGG further gathered that Dr Nnana’s latest
hobby is the comic act of threatening to use the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to witch hunt many of his staff who are contributing their
best quota towards the organizational development of the establishment.
“We want to equally caution the EFCC and the
entirety of its hierarchy to desist from allowing the fake helmsman of a
revered organization to use them for shaming purposes without proper
investigation. In effect, we are tasking the EFCC to investigate Dr Nnana’s
role when he served a Board Member in Nigeria’s apex bank before his
appointment as Chairman, NEXIM bank.
“It is also worthy of note, NEXIM bank is not
just a financial sector but a trade policy financial institution aimed at
diversifying the Nigerian economy into a non oil dependent economy.
“To this end, allowing a renowned rogue to
pilot the affairs of this noble institution is a clog in the wheels of
Nigeria’s developmental goals and in effect painting our beloved nation on a
negative timeline.
“We are calling on Mr President and the
relevant authorities to invoke punitive measures against the newly identified
advocate of corruption – Dr Nnana – before he totally infect the few good
personnel remaining in the hierarchy of NEXIM bank.
“It is time to save NEXIM Bank and its staff
from this ugly quagmire embodied in the misdeeds of a supposed public officer
drenched and dripping the filthy gown of corruption” she said
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