By our reporter| Fugitive former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has decried the erosion of the countries values and the emergence of Yahoo boys as role models for society.
The notorious former strong woman of ex president Goodluck Jonathan administration who made the disclosure at a virtual conference organised by the umbrella body of Ijaw cultural associations known as the Ijaw Nation Development Group(INDG), said things have degenerated to the extent that fraudsters better known as “yahoo yahoo boys” are respected in the society.
In the video posted by Jackson Ude, publisher of Point Blank News, Diezani highlighted the importance of mentorship for young people, saying only hard work could guarantee success.
She 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.”
“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.”
Deiziani relocated to London in 2015 shortly after the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
She was subsequently arrested and detained by the Charing Cross Police Station in London and interrogated on suspicions of bribery and money laundering.
The Westminster magistrate court subsequently granted her bail but seized her passport while she was asked to report at the station at a later date. The court had seized £27, 000 from her, while the agency applied for three separate cash detentions in the names of Diezani, Beatrice Agama (her mother) and Melanie Spencer, a Swiss national.
The EFCC commenced started a process to extradite her, while the international police issued an arrest warrant for her following a request by the federal government.
She is currently being tried in Nigeria by the anti graft agency for corruption.
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