An interesting letter by a Civil Society Organisation, Zero Tolerance for Social Immoralities Initiative, ZETSI, addressed to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has gone viral.
Signed by ZETSI Chairperson, Ibrahim Rasq Imam, while President Bola Tinubu and four others were copied, in the letter entitled, Re: Unjust Suspension of Seven Staff of Rural Electrification Agency over N1.2bn fraud, And Another N300m Training Fraud In The Agency, the CSO accused Adelabu of scoring own goal against Nigeria, alleging the former banker of condoning fraud and alleged fraudulent practices of the agency’s MD.
The letter reads:
This is to serve as a reminder, asking you to look seflessly into several petitions before you, regarding allegations of financial malfeasances levelled against the Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, and his suspension of seven staff members of the agency after he and some others at the upper echelon of REA used them to commit N1.2bn fraud.
We are aware that you are in receipt of many petitions from several quarters against Ahmad bordering on fraudulent practices since about eight months ago.
Sir, your lingering inaction
on this matter despite the compelling evidence is not golden, but tantamount to condonation of fraud and the Managing Director of the agency.
Your disposition towards those petitions at your disposal if consider at face value, goes against the oath of protecting and defending the constitution and interest of the nation you swore to.
Sir, based on fair deductions, we would be right to say that you are not on the side of Nigeria on those issues. In fact you’re just scoring own goal against the country.
It remains to be seen how many of such own goals Nigerians should expect from you throughout your time in office.
As a 53-year-old man, we are in hopes that you are redeemable, and can only encourage you to start scoring for Nigeria for posterity sake.
To that end, we took pain to locate acknowledgement
copies of some of the said petitions to you, and herein attached them.
Accept our assurances of highest regards.
