3 October 2008
Lagos — A Non-Governmental Organi-sation (NGO), Nigeria United For Justice (NUJ), has urged mischief makers and detractors to allow Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mrs Irene Chigbue, concentrate on the national assignment given to her so that Nigeria can consolidate on the privatisation process.
In a statement in Abuja, President of the group, Dr. Iyorzua Iyankyaa regretted that rather than applaud and encourage the BPE boss for the transparent manner she has executed the programme leading to its success so far, some disgruntled Nigerains out for personal interests were intent on distracting her through frivilious petitions and smear campaign.
The group noted that petition-writing had become a tool of balckmail by mischief makers in the country and urged anti-graft agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to always subject petitions before them to thorough scrutiny to ascertain their veracity before taking decisions on them because most of the petitions were borne out of malice.
In the case of Chigbue, it said it has discovered that that the petition against her by an ex-staff of the bureau to the EFCC was sponsored by a clique in the society to discredit her achievements but that it was gratifying that those probing it have discovered it is baseless, lacking in substance and merit.
It said a" country that glorifies petition-writing and a syndrome of pulling others down can not really advance" and urged the BPE DG not to be distracted by the antics of a few disgruntled elements but to remain steadfast and focussed as all well-meaning Nigerians were behind her."Elsewhere a petition written by an ex staff would not have been worth anything for the simple fact that the staff is disgruntled and so can invest in mischievous, malicious and vexatious petition-writing". "It is unfortunate that the anti-gaft agencies gave it any attention at all, but it is gratifying that they have found it to be wanting in substance and will soon drop it", the statement said. It urged all Nigerians to dissipate their energies on issues that could advance the development of the country instead of embarking on retrogressive tendencies.
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