All Nigerian American Congress is not for sale, many of us labored for about 5 years now to build up this organization, and would defend the honor and integrity of this organization to the last. Few ANAC BOT members did not understand the wisdom of currect ANAC actions to save the organization from being sold to the highest bidders in Nigeria. New bombshell has been uncovered, here are some excerpts

“Reliable sources disclosed that the attempt to politicize NIDO and ANAC the two leading None for profit NGO groups which represents the interest of Nigerians abroad are already underway as many of the NIDO, and ANAC Board of trustees, and leaders have been sold this idea with promises of leadership positions in the PDP party wing or the Political Opposition party, should such opposition party option becomes necessary to contest against the Yar’Adua wing of PDP. At the time of this report, names of the leading PDP leaders, Senators, Congressmen involved in the planned “Diaspora Vote” Strategy are been investigated, however Senators reportedly from the North East and North Central regions have been named as prominent.

The current attempt to politicize the Nigerian Diaspora Organizations have not been taken lightly by the many leaders in the Nigerian Diaspora, recent actions in top ANAC leadership has resulted in the ouster of the former chairman of ANAC the Nigerian based Akeem Bello, who together with Prof. Isa Odidi were Presidential candidates for the New Democrats party in the Nigerian 2007 Presidential election. Mr. Bello was removed by the ANAC Board of Directors and Trustees from the leadership of ANAC and replaced with Prof. Martin Okafor for numerous of reasons which included his role in the continued attempt to seize the non political ANAC, for purposes other than what the organization’s Constitution has mandated and its Board of Trustees had authorized; formation of NDERG (Nigerian Diaspora Election Reform Group) actions the Board of Trustees viewed as conflict of Interest and taking the organization into a Political Party advocacy which may adversely affect their Non for Profit status in the United States and in direct violation of the ANAC Constitution.”

By Pius Okojie (Abuja) and Tony Adedeji (Washington, DC) Transatlantictimes Magazine

Read the full story at
http://www.transatlantictimes.net/

Paul Okechukwu Oranika
Chairman ANAC Information and Public Affairs
Atlanta GA.

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From: anacweb.org
Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Subject: PLOT TO SELL ANAC AND NIDO UNCOVERED