Obasesam Okoi|8 February 2016|6:02am
Do you know what it means to own some of the biggest condominiums in Orlando, Florida, with monies that were meant to build clean water wells, rehabilitate schools, and provide access roads?
A condo is a building complex with at least 50-100 housing units. Our commonwealth was laundered to America to support the American economy while our people are suffering.
Some of my Yakurr brothers amaze me! I thought that by now Bassey Ewa will muster the courage to challenge me publicly. I thought he will deny publicly everything I've said. I thought he will provide evidence to prove me wrong. While every other civilized politician has a Facebook account, he continues to hide on Facebook with faceless identities to attack his critics.
I started exposing the 160 million Naira given to our National Assembly representatives across the state to develop their constituencies since 2012. Even when I supported some people because of Imoke's goodwill, I never compromised my position on the constituency fund.
Some of the people talking nonsense today cautioned me to leave Bassey alone even when they knew he steals 160 million belonging to the public. Why? They go to him secretly to seek for little help. There's nothing wrong with that. But I doubt if he ever gives them transportation money. They just take delight in enjoying the company of a man most of us consider to be a local champion who shine in the village but voiceless in national discourse. If these people have contributed their voices at the time I started calling for accountability concerning our federal allocation, our money could have been invested on people.
Visit Nkoyo Toyo's constituency to see what she did for her people with the 160 million she collected annually. Follow me to America and see for yourself.
Obasesam Okoi
Is a Cross River-born Canada-based Academic
