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Outrage Over Diezani’s Yahoo-Yahoo Lecture
By Ayodele Oluwafemi
Comments by erstwhile Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke about internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo boys’ becoming a model for contemporary society have become the subject of controversy among many Nigerians.
Her injunctions have been dubbed as hypocritical by some Nigerians on social media.
Diezani, had while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organized by Ijaw National Development Group, on Friday, spoke on the issue of fatherhood and the implications of irresponsible parenting on the society.
Diezani said, “The ones that have swag, the Yahoo Yahoo boys as my son would say; these in short, are the role models they are looking at. These are the ones that reinforce negative societal norms and values.
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“This is a travesty of an unfolding tragedy for us. Why have I spent time talking about fatherless homes and the impact it has on our children? The truth of the matter is that an irresponsible boy tends to become an irresponsible man and it is therefore a vicious cycle. If you plant yam, you cannot harvest plantain.”
The former minister has been in the United Kingdom since 2015 and snubbed entreaties by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to answer questions as to her role in alleged frauds traced to her while she was minister of petroleum.
Properties worth billions of naira credited to her have been forfeited to the Federal Government, following court orders.
Her comments about ‘Yahoo boys’ came as a surprise to many Nigerians, considering the issues concerning her in the courts and before the anti-graft agencies.
To many, she does not have the moral justification to criticize ‘Yahoo boys’, arguing that she had carried out more advanced fraud than ‘Yahoo boys.’
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