Senate President Bukola Saraki has
alleged that there is massive fraud within the oil sector, with the knowledge
of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In an interview with Channels
Television’s Seun Okinbaloye, which aired on Wednesday night, the Senate
President said the Buhari government’s arbitrary payment of subsidy on
assumption that Nigeria consumes fifty million litres (50million litres) of
fuel a day, is fraudulent.
Saraki recalled that under the
Jonathan administration, subsidy was based on an assumption that the nation
consumes 30million litres of fuel daily.
He added that he and some other
lawmakers warned that the Jonathan government was condoning corruption “by over
importing fuel and because of that we were losing a lot of money”.
The Senate President said the
present government instead of changing the process, jerked up the importation
by 20 million litres extra.
He said, “you would have thought
that a government that was to fight corruption and prevent leakages would even
if you are going to continue subsidy, ensure that it is better managed.”
Saraki said there is no way
Nigerians can consume 50million litres a day.
“It is just money being stolen,”
he alleged.
He further argued that there is
almost no way that President Muhammadu Buhari is not aware of what is going on
within his government, stressing that the Senate has investigated the issue but
“we have an environment where agencies of government are emboldened to
disregard the National Assembly, it is a big issue”.
The Director-General of the
Atiku/PDP presidential campaign said the lawmakers have called for the
inclusion of subsidy in the budget but that request has lingered for two years
and President Buhari has only just agreed to bring it in.
He said, “This kind of decisions
have led to leakages and this is the root of corruption”
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