The Governor who said he had no personal vendetta against the Minister stressed that even when the economy was in distress, Ngozi was always on record saying that 'everything was fine', 'the economy was strong', and that "we’re the largest economy on the continent” not raising alarm over the bad shape of the Economy.
Oshiomhole in an Interview with SaharaTV Said;
“what we are saying is [former Minister Okonjo-Iweala] should accept responsibility that she failed to manage the economy properly. Even when we argue that the economy was in distress, she was always on record saying that everything was fine, the economy was strong, and that we’re the largest economy on the continent.”On the stolen 20 billion dollars Governor Oshiomhole said, “remember when [former CBN Governor Lamido Sanusi], who you can’t dismiss, talked about billions of dollars being diverted. Ngozi was quick to say no, that’s it’s not 20 billion, it’s only 10.8 billion dollars. Even that is offensive to a good conscience.”Governor Oshiomhole said that former Minister Okonjo-Iweala “needs to come clean. She should accept responsibility, having accepted the role of a coordinating minister. Too many things went wrong with the Nigerian economy.He later added that, “here in Washington, everybody is talking about billions of dollars of Nigerian crude money that was taken. [Former Minister Okonjo-Iweala] wasn’t raising alarms, people were raising alarms and [Okonjo-Iweala] shut them up.”When asked whether he had a personal vendetta against Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala he said that, “there’s nothing personal about it, if anything I consider [Okonjo-Iweala] a friend. But she knows that my friendship is subordinated to the bigger national interests.”He later added, however, that former Minister Okonjo-Iweala “has got a title to claim and honor that she doesn’t deserve in the face of these huge numbers that cannot be accounted for."
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