Diezani Alison- Madueke has held three significant positions in the Nigerian federal government. She was appointed Transport Minister in 2007. In 2008, she was named as Minister of Mines and Steel Development. And after Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan became acting President in February 2010, with Diezani was named as Minister for Petroleum Resources.
This is the post she has held till this moment. And the World was not left out in being kind to Diezani: in 2014, she was elected the first female President to OPEC; In December 2014, she was elected President, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF); she is currently also Chairman Committee of Ministers of the West African Gas Pipeline Authority (WAGPA). But with all these benevolence from God, country and world, Diezani has been in the news for corruption tendencies of the highest order since 2008.
Here are 6 important thing you didn’t know about her:
1. In 2008 Alison-Madueke was subject to a Senate probe after it emerged that as Transport Minister she had paid N30.9 billion ($263 million) to contractors between 26 and 31 December 2007.
2. Diezani Allison was alleged to have spent over N10 billions inappropriately on private jets maintenance whilst many Nigerians suffer. 3. In 2009, the Senate of Nigeria indicted Diezani Alison-Madueke and recommended prosecution for the alleged transfer of N1.2 billion into the private account of a toll company without due process and in breach of concession agreement.
4. In April 2015, Diezani was alleged to have stole N1.329 trillion as subsidy payments over three years (2009 to 2011)
5. Under Diezani’s supervision, the corrupt NNPC had been spending N700 million daily to subsidise kerosene without the product reaching consumers who pay as much as N150 per litre, instead of the NNPC’s N55 per litre.
6. In January 2015, $700 million (raw cash) was allegedly found in her house, out of which $10 million was stolen by her house aide. 7. In April 2015, Diezani was reported to have been responsible for the missing $20 billion dollars out of which $16 billion has been returned.
