After scoring the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan an “F” on economic management, and asking on
what basis the president wants citizens to re-elect him again, Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala has
come for former CBN Governor, Chukwuma Soludo for his statements.
Okonjo-Iweala through her Special adviser on Media, Paul Nwabuikwu, accused Mr. Soludo of single-handedly
mismanaging the country’s banking sector between May 2004 and May 2009 which plunged the country into “an
She described the former CBN governor as “an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space” who is “so
derailed” to “commit intellectual harakiri by deliberately misquoting economic facts and maliciously turning
statistics on their head to justify a hatchet job”.
“Soludo has shamelessly pandered to so many past leaders that Nigerians are asking one more time – what
“There is definitely an issue of character with Prof. Charles Soludo and his desperate search for power and
relevance in Nigeria. Nigerians should therefore beware of so-called intellectuals without character and wisdom
because this combination is fatal,” she added.
It will also be recalled that Mr Femi Fani Kayode has also called Mr Soludo out for his statements.
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