Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has appealed to the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to shelve its strike over dispute with Dangote Refinery in the interest of Nigeria.
He made the appeal while inspecting sections 1 and 11 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on Monday.
Umahi in a statement by his special adviser on Media Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji urged the union to allow God’s wisdom to prevail in the efforts to resolve the matter, noting that such action would have a negative impact on the rebounding economy
The minister reacting to claims leveled against the federal government by Stella Okengwu who purports to be Winhome CEO, challenged her to show evidence of investment on the land she claimed to have purchased in 2022 at the total cost of N50 million and to show any proof of approval to develop such land let alone investing US$250 million.
He noted that the Lagos State government had revoked the land to give the right of way to the federal government. He further challenged the said diaspora investor to disclose where the said money was invested on if not a rickety gate that was erected on the land for which the federal government had offered her a monetary compensation.
The minister urged the self acclaimed investor to without further delay declare the $250m he claimed to have collected from the diaspora investors or submit herself to investigation by Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies.
According to the statement, the civil society group who had participated in a protest against the federal government on behalf of the said CEO of Winhome also spoke to condemn and denounce the false claims of the woman.
