I didn’t fund Jonathan’s campaign with N700m – ITF DG

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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 TO 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.

Source: Punch