Minister's Wife in N3.2 Billion Contract Scandal

A whooping N3.2 Billion contract for “Training of Niger Delta Militants in Oil and Gas” allegedly awarded to Princess Stella Oduah Ogiewonyi, third Wife of Minister for State Works, Chris Ogiewonyi few days to the Presidential elections has set tongues wagging at the Ministry of Niger Delta.

Sources informed Pointblanknews.com that the Niger Delta Militants who were granted amnesty were neither informed about the training nor aware that a contract for their training in “Oil and Gas” has been awarded to the notoriously corrupt Princess Oduah-Ogiewonyi through her Sea Petroleum and Gas Group, SP and G.

According to a senior official of the Niger Delta Ministry who pleaded anonymity, “as I am talking to you right now, we still do not understand what they are training the militants in Oil and Gas for and how that would serve their needs. It is just a callous waste of resources.”

Sources hinted that soon after the contract was approved on April 8, 2011, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Niger Delta released a bond covering the contract sum. But Princess Ogiewonyi would prefer cash payment instead of a bond.

A very credible source who is privy to the contract award told pointblanknews.com that Princess Ogiewonyi swiftly rushed to the Minister for Finance, Mr. Olusegun Aganga who alongside Minister for Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe headed straight to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from where the bond was converted to cash and the sum released on April 12, 2011.

Some of the Militants who spoke to pointblanknews.com said they are yet to be briefed or informed about any training in Oil and Gas.

“Oga we don’t know anything about such contract or training. Nobody has told us anything. This is how all those government people make money with our names and then leave us here behind and if we start carrying arms now they would claim we are being stubborn,” one of the militants who does not want his name in print told Pointblanknews.com.

Princess Ogiewonyi who also doubles as the Director of Finance, Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organization is not new to allegation of corrupt enrichment. She allegedly registered different companies some of which was awarded contract to furnish the campaign organization office. She also got a N4b import waiver for rice that was distributed during the campaign.

 
She is also alleged to be fronting for Zakhem International, a Lebanese oil servicing firm discredited in Ghana and Liberia. She negotiates on behalf of Zakhem International with top government officials and the leadership of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The immediate past deputy high commissioner to Ghana, Craig Murray who is a well known international campaigner for transparency, described Zakhem as “astonishingly corrupt” in a well circulated article in the Ghanaian media in February 2010. Three years after Zakhem was paid a whopping $80 million to install at Kpone for the Volta River Authority a set of American-made power turbines which cost VRA only $70m, Zakhem has not even scratched the surface. The British diplomat called the Ghanaian officials who signed the deal “silly and unintelligent”.

In neighbouring Liberia, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf wasted no time sacking last September the managing director of the Liberian Petroleum Refinery Corporation (LPRC), Harry Greaves- once considered untouchable- when a Ministry of Justice probe report established that Zakhem was awarded a terribly inflated contract to build three new storage tanks for the LPRC and refurbish the existing 60 year-old terminal. The contract was awarded on May 1, 2009, for $24.8m whereas the same job could be done satisfactorily for no more than $12m, the highest amount internationally reputable contracting firms asked for.

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And they even knew she was corrupt before they gave her the contract. I wonder if Goodluck Johnson is going to do anything about it or just turn the other cheek

She only follows the footsteps of Patience Jona, no qualm.

Business as usual. I'm not expecting anything different from GEJ, he's still PDP if you know what I mean.

Gangster B.itches - you live by the sword you will die by the sword.

later iddeiots will start shout that it is the north and sw that are raping niger deltas

Naija u na go hear nwiii!!!

In two years time, the worst Nigerian government ever, will look like godsent!

Mu haaa haaa!!! Laf wan kill me die i swear!

Gudluk to all of una!

LET US KILL THESE CORRUPTS LEADERS NOW WHILE WE CAN.

NIGERIA Will never be free if we don't waste these cretins.

Enough is Enough !

More fresh air please! I vote for akara not beans. Lmao!

Just wondering how these people want the hard working citizen to feel after hearing this. The next thing you hear is another scandal day in day out and no investigation or indictment, Yet we have all the EFCC,ICPC,CPC,Conduct Bureau and others commissions commissioning nonsense and collecting commission from corrupt commission givers. Goodluck Jonzing, lets keep jonzing it is a jonzing world.

na we vote pdp after 12 useless and corruption ridden years so we must wait for another 4 wasteful years. the story continues. soon, contracts of 100s of billions will be given to ground nut sellers and the story will continue. corruption is part of the pdp's calling so no one shld be surprise with the situation.

Gangsterism is d rule of d game in naija. I wonder how many percent gej got from that rogue contract? Basta.rds muder-fuckers, stone dem, people.

this is real milking, that is if this Zakhem is working in Nigeria. Government cant even check them, no checks and balances.

yo those saying pdp

do you know cpc would have done thesame

no politics is clean not even in the us

vladimiros:

yo those saying pdp

do you know cpc would have done thesame

no politics is clean not even in the us

Why blame Adolf Hitler for his actions. Who knows?? Maybe if vladimiros were in the same position, he would have done the same.

I doubt that scenario makes sense.

We blame PDP because they are the ones there (within the corridors of power), and they have shown themselves to be consistently inconsistent.

Let us have

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minister is her juicy reward

D more corrupt,d juicier d reward.Its simple logic:if u are so corrupt,u wudnt av d moral,executive or judicial leverage to go after fellow corrupt persons,in otherwords,u blackmail urself with ur monumental corruption

alj_harem:

later iddeiots will start shout that it is the north and sw that are Desecrating niger deltas

Don't mind them, they won't hold their leaders accountable for they siphoning away their money; but would readily turn around and blame the north by calling them parasites.

Jonathan's Government is the most corrupt ever! Someone should start a topic on this.

Militants, Go and kidnap her and collect the money sharp sharp! .

doctokwus:

D more corrupt,d juicier d reward.Its simple logic:if u are so corrupt,u wudnt av d moral,executive or judicial leverage to go after fellow corrupt persons,in otherwords,u blackmail urself with ur monumental corruption

and specifically for GEJ, he seems to have a fetish for other peoples wives

from bode george, to anenih, to bianca, stella

^^^Hmnn. Na wa o.

will all those who voted jonathan and not pdp please stand up!