Nigeria: Nitel And the 'N500 Billion Robbery'

10 June 2009
opinion

Lagos — In recent times, Nigerians have witnessed concerted efforts by known and unknown persons to rubbish the enviable legacy which Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, the current Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, has carved in the telecommunications sector in Nigeria. It has become apparent that these persons will stop at nothing until they achieve their nefarious aim of distorting history and blemishing his position in history and posterity. But the power of truth is stronger than any falsehood no matter how intelligently conceived.

The article, which was a bogus phantom to which this response is intended, appeared on Sahara News website, and has also become a source of information in some other publications that have been misinformed by same article. The article is a classic in distortion of facts and is in fact, a very wicked attempt at diminishing the international status which Engr. Ndukwe has attained as a result of his evident hard work since he took over the leadership of NCC and led Nigeria out of telecommunications dark dungeons which the situation of monopoly foisted on our dear nation, for more than four decades.

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