Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has asked
Nigerians to blame the last administration for the continued fall of the Naira
and the current state of the economy. Lai Mohammed stated this in statement he
released yeterday December 13th. According to him, some members of the former
ruling party turned the CBN into their ATM or piggy banks. He said if the party
had won the Presidential election, Nigerians economy would not have survived
one more month ...
“Some people still have the temerity to
insult a government that is working hard to turn things around for the
citizens, who are bearing the brunt of such mismanagement. It is now clear to
all Nigerians that if the PDP had won the last general elections, Nigeria’s
economy would not have survived one more month, considering the battering it
received under the immediate past Administration. It is therefore
unconscionable that those who should show contrition and humility to avoid
public disgrace are the same ones pointing accusing fingers at the Buhari
Administration.”he said
Lai Mohammed described the comments credited to the
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu which stated that ‘businesses may
collapse in the next six months because the Buhari Administration has
mismanaged the economy’ as the clearest indication that the PDP and its leaders
are still in denial of the massive destruction they inflicted on the Nigerian
economy. According to him, Ike Ekweremadu (Senator) complained about the
depreciation of the naira without telling Nigerians, who ‘dollarized’ the
Nigerian economy by bribing many individuals and groups with dollars during the
last elections, thereby causing a downward drift on the local currency.
Lai added that the Senate deputy President failed to tell Nigerians which government presided over the frenzied mop-up of dollars, either for ‘arms – gate’ or for slush fund purposes from the CBN to a point where it almost ran out of the hard currency.
He said that though the Buhari Administration met an economy that was in coma, it has refused to use that as an excuse for inaction, hence has been working hard on measures that will turn the economy around and greatly offer relief to Nigerians by lifting millions, not thousands of people out of poverty through a massive social intervention policy.
He further noted that the outcome of the months of hard work will manifest soon in the 2016 national budget that will give succor to millions of Nigerians, who are reeling from the fallout of the mistake of the immediate past Administration which has turned the country into a cash market.
Lai added that the Senate deputy President failed to tell Nigerians which government presided over the frenzied mop-up of dollars, either for ‘arms – gate’ or for slush fund purposes from the CBN to a point where it almost ran out of the hard currency.
He said that though the Buhari Administration met an economy that was in coma, it has refused to use that as an excuse for inaction, hence has been working hard on measures that will turn the economy around and greatly offer relief to Nigerians by lifting millions, not thousands of people out of poverty through a massive social intervention policy.
He further noted that the outcome of the months of hard work will manifest soon in the 2016 national budget that will give succor to millions of Nigerians, who are reeling from the fallout of the mistake of the immediate past Administration which has turned the country into a cash market.
He advised the leaders of PDP and
members of the immediate past Administration, who are involved in the emerging
cases of looting spree to urgently return to government coffers, the funds they
have taken from the treasury.
”They are lucky
that Nigerians are not as reckless as they are, otherwise they would not be
able to walk around freely; not even to have the confidence challenge the
Government which inherited their rot or the citizens suffering the
consequences. They looted the billions of naira that were allocated for
the fight against insurgency, causing many innocent and patriotic soldiers to
die needlessly. Yet, they are not remorseful. They looted the treasury to
influence the last elections, doling out money as if it was going out of
fashion, yet they have continued in brag. In the latest revelation, a
Minister under the immediate past dispensation admitted to sharing 600 million
naira to six Chairmen of the Contact and Mobilization Committee of the PDP for
the last general elections, 300 million naira to an account given by a former
PDP Chairman, 200 million naira to a PDP governorship candidate and 100 million
naira to a former PDP Governor. This is just one case out of many, yet these
revelations are but a tip of the iceberg of what Nigerians will hear in the
days ahead.”he added
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