President Muhammadu Buhari has
urged Nigerians to be wary of the lies of corruption being spread against his
government by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Buhari said Nigerians should be
wary of PDP’s lies so as not to be misled into voting for a party that sees
nothing wrong with corruption.
He gave call in reaction to
allegations of corruption levelled against his administration, News Agency of
Nigeria, NAN, reports.
The President, who stated this
through his spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, said the PDP would rather have
“everyone drenched in its colours, as they irretrievably are.’’
A statement issued by Shehu on
Wednesday said PDP has continued spreading lies about the Buhari administration
in the mistaken assumption that its toga of corruption will dissipate if it
succeeded in black painting every other person as corrupt.
He said: “The strategy is to make
corruption appear as normative and that everyone is equally involved. They
think by so doing, Nigerians will forgive them for their sins. This is a huge
mistake.
“The PDP has become an ill-wind
on the country today and the elections next year present the citizens an
excellent opportunity to save the country from it.
“We can’t imagine a sane
organisation shamelessly telling Nigerians that President Buhari is looting, as
they themselves did of the recovered loot, the $322million lately recovered
from the Abacha family. This is an irresponsible lie.’’
The media aide explained that the
$322million recovered was being used to make the Conditional Cash Transfer
(CCT) of a monthly amount of N5,000 to more than 300,000 poor homes across the
nation under the Social Investment Programme introduced by the Buhari administration.
He added that this was in line
with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the governments of
Nigeria and Switzerland as a condition for releasing the funds.
According to Shehu, as part of
the MoU, the World Bank is monitoring the application of the funds, noting that
the Bank has equally given an additional facility to support the on-going cash
transfers.
“Nigerians are hereby advised to
be watchful of what comes out from the opposition, not to be misled into voting
for a party that sees nothing wrong with corruption and would rather have
everyone drenched in its colours, as they irretrievably are,’’ he said
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