The Director-General, Industrial
Training Fund, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko, said the allegation that she
used the agency’s N700 million to fund former President Goodluck
Jonathan’s election campaign was untrue.
Speaking at a media roundtable in Abuja
on Thursday, Chukkas-Onaeko described the accusation allegedly made by
some members of staff of the organisation as “ridiculous and painful”.
She stated that those peddling the
`falsehood’ should have known that it was impossible for her to sign off
such huge amount of money without appropriation.
She said, “I am sure that when they wrote that thing they expected me commit suicide or for the President to just shoot my head.
Chukkas –Onaeko said, “If I were going
to steal money to fund somebody’s campaign, where did they expect me to
get it from? N700 million is not what you just sign off like that.
“The former Minister of Industry, Trade
and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, under whom I served, is a
professional, not a politician.
“I don’t know of other chief executive
officers under him, but nobody ever told me to bring money for campaign;
PDP never asked me for any money.”
She also dismissed the allegation that
she transferred N1.2 billion to the Nigerian Employers Consultative
Association without due process.
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