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PHCCIMA Boss Urges Probe Into Finance Minister’s Claim
The President of the Port Harcourt Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture PHCCIMA), Engineer Vincent Furo has urged the presidency to probe into the statement made by the minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala that Nigeria is broke.
Engineer Furo who stated this while speaking to Journalists in Port Harcourt, Friday, in reaction to the economic and business situation of the country said that it will be a disgrace to the nation for the minister to make such claim when a lot of money is being siphoned in the oil sector of the economy.
He said that a lot of corrupt activities have been detected at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) where the nation’s fund is diverted to private purse.
The PHCCIMA boss decried a situation where some managers of the NNPC are richer than some states in the country, and are allowed to go free without any form of questioning.
Furo also lamented a situation where civil servants who are supposed to protect and preserve the wealth of the nation, now connive with politicians to root the nation’s treasury, which is very unhealthy.
He said that Nigeria is a rich nation with good endowment of natural resources, and therefore called for a probe into the statement that the nation is broke, managers to be very accountable.
Corlins Walter