Mallam Aliyu Muhammad, not real name anyway, a native of Darazo village in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State could not hold back his joy when news broke out on the 22nd July 2019 on the floor of the red Chamber of the Nigeria National Assembly that Dr. Goddy Jeddy Agba, a royal Prince from Obudu in Cross River State was among those nominated and confirmed for ministerial appointment in the second tenure Next Level Government of the well-known Anti-Corruption war lord; ‘His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari who coincidentally hails from the same state as Mallam Aliyu Muhammad.
Aliyu’s aim of celebrating the appointment according to him as he was been questioned by some group of journalist; was principally based on Dr. Goddy Jeddy Agba’s integrity, nationalistic and detribalize life styles which in all ramifications made him to make himself available to entire Nigerians devoid of religion, political affiliations, tribes, ethnicity, regions and parental background. Pointing at his well-built furnished portable two bedroom bungalow, Mallam Aliyu confessed to me that he built the two bedroom bungalow through the humanitarian kind gestures of Jeddy Agba when he had an encounter with him in the late 90s and early year 2000s at Kaduna, the state capital of Kaduna State.
Mallam Aliyu’s positive confession on the highly decent technocrat and man of integrity and a well-known bridge builder of all status is just one out of thousands and even millions of people across religion, tribes, ethnicity etc in Nigeria and even internationally that the almighty God has been positively using Dr. Goddy Jeddy Agba to change their lives either through the provision of employment, scholarship, free medical cares, distribution of food material etc.
No doubt, Dr. Goddy Jeddy Agba nomination and confirmation by the Nigeria highest law making organ for Ministerial appointment deserves enormous celebration not from Mallam Aliyu Muhammad alone but, even from those that God has been using him to positively affects their lives as stated earlier. In fact, Nigerians should see his nomination by the executive arm of the Government and confirmation by the senate as the fulfilment of prophecy especially in the area of good management of the Nigeria national wealth (Crude Oil) and the general transformation of the economy which no doubt shall speedily take shape as Goddy Jeddy Agba takes charge as Nigeria Minister for petroleum in the next few days.
Jeddy Agba is in all corollaries a technocrat per excellence that shall indeed bring his administrative prowess especially in the area of crude oil management to culmination to ensure positive transformation of this present government and beyond as well as the lives of every citizen of Nigeria. Dr. Agba is God fearing Nigerian mostly describes by those that crosses his path on daily bases as been kind to a fault, his humility can best be liken to that of saints in the Bible like; Moses, Peter etc.
Jeddy Agba is a brilliant, highly intelligent, benevolent and a well-known incontestable detribalize Nigerian and a man of integrity that detest corruption like human excreta. So, those been hired by some insignificant political charlatans and jobbers to rubbish his highly rated national and international reputation by linking him to Alison Diezani fraudulent era ass Honorable Minister for Petroleum needs to do their research very well before coming out with their self-imagined unverifiable publications with no tangible facts.
Come to think of it; how can someone wake up from his or her slumber to begin to link Dr Goddy Agba to the fraudulent lifestyles of Alison Dieziani? It sound obdurate and laughable. It is because, the issue that lead to Prince Goddy Agba forceful retirement in the year 2014 even when he still have over three to four years in service was due to his strong stance against the fraudulent way of life of Alison Diezani the then Minister for Petroleum under which Jeddy Agba served as Group General Manager Crude Oil Marketing Division of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. And, during his tenure at that capacity, he made landmark achievements for the corporation that even till date, his predecessors and successors were unable to beat. So, how can those been hired to peddle unverifiable rumors can be going about to even link him with properties within and outside Nigeria, too bad a good Nigeria citizen may say.
I think, those peddling this rumor needs to do their research very well as I earlier said. And, I will love to advise them to put aside inter party squabbles or whatever grievances they have with him and come up with positive ideas to support the war against corruption that is been doggedly fought by every tickling of the clock by President Buhari instead of damaging the image of those the government took a lot of time via the government security apparatus to fish out to become Honorable Ministers. Come to think of it, those peddling all these unverifiable rumor maybe, assumed the Government Security Agents didn’t carried out thorough security search on those nominated to be member of the cabinet of Mr., President? With all humility and available evidences at my disposal as a well-trained investigative media practitioner, I can be bold to tell all these insignificant hired character assassin that the security agents in Nigeria did their search very well on each and every one of the ministerial nominee including Jeddy Agba that they are been paid to unnecessarily attack. And, as expected, the security reports exonerated the highly valuable technocrats from Obudu in Cross River State. So, I urge them to put aside whatever grievances they have with and instead join hands with him to take President Muhammadu Buhari second tenure administration to the Next Level.
Comrd Aaron Mike Odeh, an Abuja base Media practitioner and public affairs analyst
