The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) says the revelation by the wife of the President, Aisha
Buhari, on the N500bn Social Investment Programme and the N16bn Mosquito Net
Project of the Buhari administration, has further vindicated its stance that
the administration is deceitful and a pretentious citadel of corruption.
PDP in a
statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan Sunday
insisted that, “Aisha Buhari’s revelation has further shown that the PDP
has not been crying wolf by insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari must
account for the trillions of naira stolen under his watch in the last four
years.
It added
that, “More disheartening is the fact that the said funds were meant for
the welfare of the poor, whom Mr President had always claimed to represent in
government.
PDP also
described as unfortunately, that these poor Nigerians have been waiting
endlessly for the failed social investments promised by President Buhari only
to have their hopes dashed as revelations by Mrs Buhari had shown that the
money provided for the programme had been stolen.
The
statement reads in part: “PDP holds that now that the truth has been
revealed by no lesser Nigerian than Mr
President’s wife, the National Assembly and all anti-corruption agencies should
immediately commence forensic investigation how these funds were dispensed and
utilized.
“Nigerians
can now see how the same administration president over by ‘Mr. Integrity’ has
been using the names of innocent poor Nigerians to loot our national treasury
and fritter away billions of naira to finance their wasteful lifestyle while
Nigerians wallow in abject poverty.
“It is
indeed appalling that the Buhari administration would be sitting on such
colossal corruption and continues to thrive in evil concealment while diverting
public attention from their rot by hounding innocent opposition figures on
trump-up corruption charges.
“The
PDP had always maintained that no matter how much deceit and falsehood appear
to thrive, the truth must prevail at the end of the day.
“Our
party therefore charges President Buhari to speak out on the matter and
immediately commence the process of recovering the money and channeling it for
the benefit of the poor Nigerians”.
Aisha Buhari"s N500bn alleged fraud revelation vindicates us- PDP - Blueprint newspapers Limited
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