Obiangeli Ezekwesili . Twitter
Former Education Minister Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to the controversial $16 billion spent on the power sector by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
She said it is time for citizens to demand independent and exhaustive expert investigation of that matter., adding that a serious leadership would have taken the necessary action on the matter.
Ezekwesili on her twitter handle, @obyezeks, noted that it was not enough to bring up the issue whenever there is a political debate.
She posted on Twitter, “The ‘$16Billion Power Sector expenditure allegation’ has a way of always surfacing for public debate whenever there are squabbles within the political circle.
“I wish to assert that it is time for citizens to demand independent and exhaustive expert investigation of that matter.
“The Power Sector is too important a determit of the level of Productivity and Competitiveness of each Nigerian, Business and Country as a whole to be mired in unresolved controversy among the Political Class.
“Let’s have an independent expert panel inaugurated to investigate.”