The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
called on the National Assembly to investigate the approval by the National
Economic Council for the release of one billion dollars to the Federal
Government to fight insurgency in the North East.
The PDP in a statement signed by
its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Friday in Abuja,
described the release as curious and alarming.
The PDP said it was alarmed by the “manipulative plot by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) administration to secure the approvals without
recourse to due process.
It added it was also alarmed that
such an amount could be approved for purposes of fighting the insurgents
government claimed it had defeated.
The PDP wondered why the APC-led Government avoided
the direct constitutional appropriation channel of the National Assembly for
funding of items already provided for in the federal budget if it actually has
nothing to hide.
“The PDP supports the fight against
insurgency. We hold our officers and men confronting the terrorists and
securing our territorial integrity in high esteem.
” We are however concerned about
the manipulative tendencies connected with the approvals and veracity of
claimed purpose of the fund.
“Nigerians would recall that the
APC-led Federal Government had claimed that it has since defeated the
insurgents.
“If it would take a billion
dollar from a nation’s savings to kill what they long claimed dead, then we
challenge APC government to come clean and tell Nigerians the whole truth.
The party added:
“We therefore call on the National Assembly to interrogate this proposed
disbursement and subject it to a thorough but rapid interrogation.”(NAN)
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