The
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has defended the
attendance of former Director-General (DG) of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) Ms Arunma Oteh, at Tuesday’s meeting of the
Economic Management Team.
Briefing state house correspondents after the meeting Dr Iweala said
that Ms Arunma’s suspension from office does not stop her from attending
or participating in one or two meetings on the economy.
According to the Coordinating Minister of the economy, the suspended
DG is yet to be indicted by the investigations and therefore can
continue to contribute her ideas to meetings.
A mild drama ensued at the Presidential villa when the suspended DG
attended the Economic Management Meeting presided over by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Ms Oteh was a member of the Economic Management Team by virtue of her former position as the DG SEC.
However, with her suspension, it is expected that she would cease to
be a member and give way to the acting DG, Ibrahim Bello, to take over
her membership.
Culled: Channelstv
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