By Ehichioya Steve odion
The Edo State Market Women Leader, Madam Blacky Omoregie Ogiamie has been dragged to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC), by the Traders Welfare Union of Nigeria, Edo State Chapter, led by its President, Comrade Lucky Orukpe.
A copy of the petition to the EFCC made available to the Groove Watch Magazine indicated that Madam Blacky Omoregie Ogiamie received the N100 million on behalf of Edo market women from the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in 2013. It also indicated that it was interest free and non-refundable grant to market women in Edo to boost their trade.
Comrade Lucky Orukpe said he has made series of investigations across the Eighteen local government areas for eight years, that he was yet to find a single market woman who benefited from the grant.
He further said that Edo Market Women and Traders Welfare Union of Nigeria strongly believed that the N100 million Grant was mismanaged and Embezzled by Madam Blacky Omoregie Ogiamie who received the Grant mearnt to better the lives of Edo Market Women.
While submitting the petition, Comrade Lucky Orukpe charged the commission to carry out a proper investigation and called on other relevant stakeholders to demand for the full statement of Accounts of all the Edo Market Women from Madam Blacky Omoregie Ogiamie to ascertain the beneficiaries of the grant, adding that inability of her to present the necessary documents for verfiication and validation simply mean that the said Grant was mismanaged and Embezzled by her.
Mr Williams Oseghale who received the petition on behalf of the commission promised to do justice to the petition.
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