Since
inception, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has been accused of
impunity, usually caused by decisions and actions of the President, including
those of his ministers and close associates.
Most
of the glaring cases of abuse of power including reckless spending of
taxpayers’ money have been carried out by the women in Jonathan’s cabinet.
These women have proven to be more powerful than the number one citizen of
Nigeria because despite public outcries that greet some of their decisions,
they go scot-free.
Those
who fall in this seemingly untouchable category are the First Lady, Mrs.
Patience Jonathan; the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs.
Diezani Alison-Madueke; the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh; and the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah.
These
powerful women have some things in common. They are all from the South-East and
South-South geopolitical zones.
Four
of them had their higher education in the United States and two of them are
daughters of traditional rulers. Needless to say they occupy some of the most
strategic and ‘lucrative’ positions in the Federal Government.
Punch
1 comment:
Can you imagine! What sort of article is this? The writer obviously has some mischievous intentions especially with the tribalistic remark about South South and all.
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