Garba Deen Mohammed, President of Nigerian Guild of Editors has denied claims that his predecessor, Mr Femi Adeshina collected N50m in cash from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to Mohammed the money was Jonathan’s donation to the N850m fundraising dinner on April 10, 2014 for the proposed Editors' Plaza.
Mohammed said in a statement he issued on Wednesday that ;
“On 10 April, 2014, the NGE held a fundraising dinner at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, to raise N850million for the purpose of building a befitting secretariat in Abuja which shall be called The Editors Plaza. It was a public event, attended by several dignitaries among them federal cabinet ministers, state governors and captains of industry or their representatives.
“Former President Goodluck Jonathan was invited to the event at which he was represented by the former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Labaran Maku.
“At the event, Maku, among other donors, publicly pledged N50 million as the federal government’s contribution towards the building project. Indeed the announcement of this donation has been on the website of the NGE since April 12, 2014; and is still there for those who may wish to verify.
“For the avoidance of doubt, neither Mr. Femi Adesina, who was the President of the guild at the time, nor any other official of the guild collected cash from the government.”
The statement also said that soon after the fundraising dinner, the Federal Government redeemed the pledge by a direct transfer into the Zenith Bank account of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
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