I Do Not Have Houses Overseas - Isa Pantami Denies Social Media Rumour

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, is making it clear that he has not "purchased a single property anywhere in the world."

Pantami, through his spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, made this clarification after rumors floated the social media sphere that the minister had acquired three houses since taking up office.

Laying emphasis on his non-procurement of any home since assuming office, the minister, in a statement also said that his salary as a minister " fall below his earnings as a Professor at the International University Madinah Saudi Arabia."

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The statement issued by Uwa says, in part, “For the purpose of setting the records straight, the Honourable Minister has not purchased a single property anywhere In the world, in the period he has been in office as a Minister. One of the apartments in the images published is one that the Honourable Minister has occupied since January 2017, more than two years before becoming a minister, while the other one is a house he rented since 17th December 2019. Two of the images are not even known to him.

“It is worthy of note that as a serving Minister, Dr Pantami’s salaries and allowances fall below his earnings as a Professor at the International University Madinah Saudi Arabia, where he still holds the record of being the first Nigerian to lecture at that level. He only returned to Nigeria out of the zeal to contribute his quota to national development.

“Dr Pantami is one of the few Nigerians who are driven by nothing, but an unequalled sense of patriotism and selfless service as demonstrated in his act of sacrifice, to answer the call to serve his country as a sign of his patriotism and selfless service.”