In a rare and uncommon video, which has now gone viral, the Chairman of the Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Dr. AbdulKareem AbdulLateef,has squealed on the fraudulent passage and signing of the new NDIC Act, which he claims has eroded the Independence of the law and put it under the control of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The new law, which he says former President Muhammadu Buhari was made to sign two days before his tenure ended, is remarkably different from what federal lawmakers in both houses of the National Assembly passed. He has called for a probe of those behind the doctoring of the lawmakers work.
https://youtu.be/JvHr60xrBlY
Recall that when he was made the Chairman of NDIC, Dr. AbdulLateef, said in his acceptance speech:
I AM NOT CELEBRATING
1. My appointment and confirmation as NDIC Chairman is a trial from my Lord and not a success yet. Kindly reserve the congratulatory messages until the day I succeed in leaving this organization better than I met it.
2. Stop putting pressure on me with requests. I will not honor your requests. I am going to be very different. I am ready to lose friends and relationships. I will not award any contract throughout my tenure because that is not a part of my responsibilities. I will not interfere in the functions of Management. I am not excited about my new office and I am ready to quit if I am asked to leave tomorrow. You have no idea what my role entails. I will not take any step to betray my education, experience, and exposure. No threat or pressure can recruit me into the stinking system we complain of.
3. I am just a leader whose primary assignment is to LEAD the Governing Board of NDIC in good corporate governance and best practices by established rules and regulations. I will not do otherwise.
4. My team promises to be a model for zero tolerance for corruption and lawlessness.
5. My job as an Islamic Preacher is far better than this trial and for your information, I have not left serving my Lord.
6. To all those concerned, please stay in your lane. Do not bring anything before me except what is right.
7. I need around me only those who understand that they will enter their graves with nothing and are truly determined to bring about the needed change in this country.
8. Thank you so much for avoiding me.
9. While thanking Allah for this appointment I pray it does not become a reason for my disgrace and humiliation in this world and the hereafter.