A former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili, who had also served as a Minister of Mineral Resources, has denied ever buying new cars for herself while in office.
She made this clarification on her X [formerly Twitter] handle after some Nigerians slammed her for condemning the National Assembly members who are planning to buy new vehicles worth millions of Naira for themselves.
Ezekwesili was furious with the lawmakers and had called them “incorrigible bunch of lawbreakers.”
However, some Nigerians accused her of being hypocritical and claimed that she also acquired new vehicles when she was a minister.
Ezekwesili refuted this allegation and said that she inherited the old vehicles from her predecessors and instructed the permanent secretary to repair them.
Read what she wrote on X:
So that vexing news turned out to be accurate.
I read the extremely ludicrous and duplicitous statement released by the Spokesman of the @HouseNGR on their insensitive purchase of 360 Toyota SUVs for themselves.
You all had the audacity to spend scarce public resources on…
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) October 17, 2023
“Did-you-not-buy-cars-for-yourself-when-you-were-a-minister?”
That’s what one suffering citizen had to say in reaction to my revulsion at the irresponsible and profligate purchase of luxury cars by @nassnigeria members amidst severe hardships facing citizens.
Please find the…
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) October 17, 2023
