Ifeoma Isuigo-Abanihe, Registrar of National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has described as false and unfounded, the allegations that she breached the Procurement Act and misappropriated funds allocated to the agency.
Abanihe’s defence is contained in a document made available to Daily Independent in Abuja, where she dismissed the allegations as the handiwork of blackmailers.
” For the avoidance of doubt, all the allegations of inflated contract units and debts that could not be explained are false. Since the former Chairman continued to misunderstand the written submissions made to him, we considered it necessary to meet and explain issues personally. But, it was clear that the former Chairman and his team had already made up their minds to accomplish their sinister plan against the Registrar, hence, all attempts made by the Registrar to meet with the former Chairman to which he initially agreed to were eventually rebuffed by him”, the statement read.
While stating that she would not be distracted by the antics of detractors, the NABTEB boss said she is obliged to clear the air and disabuse the minds of the general public and stop the former chairman from “feeding the public with deliberate falsehood” and to debunk his claims as an advocate of due process and anti corruption.
According to the document ” We are therefore, constrained to state publicly that the main reason Prof. Leonard Kashima Shilgba resolved to suspend and remove the Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB (whom he described as ‘an obstacle’) and some Directors of NABTEB, is that the Registrar/Chief Executive could not succumb to his sinister plan to loot or plunder NABTEB and enrich himself with the modest resources of the Board.”
The document urged the general public to discountenance the report of his ill- conceived Investigative Committee which indicted the Registrar amongst others.
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