September 3, 2013
Sir : Mr. President, find below 10 reasons why the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, should be relieved of her appointment:
Sir : Mr. President, find below 10 reasons why the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, should be relieved of her appointment:
1. The inability to explain how N1.7 trillion was allegedly paid to oil marketers for bogus fuel subsidy claims in 2012.
2. The indictment of departments under her by several panels, i.e. Nuhu Ribadu, Farouk Lawan, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) reports.
3. The alleged transfer of the ownership of four oil mining licenses (OML), 30, 34, 26 and 42, to Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept, according to the Delta Producing Communities in a petition to the Senate.
4. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) alleged failure to remit $4.84 billion, about N726 billion, to the Federation Account between 2009 to 2011.
5. The secrecy surrounding the illegal NNPC account with JP Morgan.
6. Illegal subsidy deductions by the NNPC under her watch. The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), at a presentation before the House of Representatives, disclosed that, “by the Appropriation Act 2011, the NNPC is to be paid N81.720 billion from January-September 2011. However, the NNPC deducted N615.670 billion, which shows a difference of over N533.950 billion.
“Similarly, the PPPRA marketers’ subsidy provides N102.753 billion as Appropriation for subsidy in the 2011 budget for the period January-September 2011 but by September 2011, the PPPRA (Marketers’ subsidy) has been paid N647,660 billion, which shows a difference of over N544.907 billion."
7. Refusal by NNPC to remit taxes running into billions of Naira into the Federation Account according to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
8. The loss of $1billion (N155 billion) revenue monthly by the Federal Government to oil theft due to inefficiency in Ministry of Petroleum Resources according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
9. The alleged use of N2billion for private jets notwithstanding that the NNPC maintains a Challenger 850 Visa Jet which is supposed to serve the minister who is its Board Chairman. The cost of running the jet is put at $500,000 per month. This allegation is contained a petition submitted to the EFCC by Enugu-based “Crusader For Good Governance.”
10. Failure to avail Nigerians of any explanation on the discoveries contained in the NEITI report which covers from 2009 to 2011.
Mr. President, recall that the ex-Youth Development Minister, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir was sacked for allegedly 'mismanaging' the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) elections. Also ex-Power Minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji was 'forced' to resign over alleged crisis of confidence.
Above all, most marketers that were indicted in the fuel subsidy scam are currently being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). What about those who who approved and paid the phony subsidy claims?
Mr. President, are all these allegations not enough for Diezani to resign honourably or be sacked by you? Or is the 'principle of 16 is greater than 19' also applicable here? We leave the answer to Nigerians!
Finally, Mr. President, I want to use this opportunity to appeal to you, on behalf of myself and the people of the Niger Delta and Nigerians at large, to please relieve Diezani Alison-Madueke of her job because the voice of the people is the voice of God. Please, Mr President, listen to the voice of the people as she does not represent the collective interest of the Bayelsa people as evident in her representation of the state in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings.
Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!
Signed:
Comrade Timi Frank
To: HIS EXCELLENCY,
DR. GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN,
PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
ASO ROCK VILLA,
ABUJA.
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