The abandoned women fight over materials shared at the event
No fewer than 20 women were on Wednesday stranded at the Haven Event Centre, GRA, Ikeja, after the inauguration of a programme – “Nigerian Women Against Corruption’’.
One of the women, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) under condition of anonymity, claimed that a woman who was given money meant for them ran away with it.
She said, “Can you imagine, we are here to fight corruption, but somebody went away with our money?
“As soon as the woman collected the money, she left without giving us our shares.’’
She added that they were supposed to give each person N1000.
“Some of us have no money to go home,” she said. “Someone has called the woman, but she refused to pick her calls.’’
The programme ended at about 1:30 pm, but the women as at 3:30 pm were still waiting to see if someone would bring their share of the money.
The “Nigerian Women against Corruption’’, South West Project Rollout was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in collaboration with wives of state governors in the zone.
Many women drawn from politics, business and religious organisations among others attended the inauguration.
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That simply says it all, even at the apex where the big thieves are, they are still chasing and prosecuting known thieves from the previous administration but are equally guilty of the same .