Reno Omokri, a former aide of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has tackled Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau
state, for saying Jonathan budgetted N10 billion for Ruga settlement.
In a statement on Tuesday, Omokri
said the former president approved N100 billion loan for states who wished to
build cattle ranches for “modern processing” of beef.
Omokri said the Ruga initiative
did not originate from Jonathan’s administration, accusing Buhari’s government
of getting used to blame its woes on the previous government.
“Our attention has been drawn to
comments by the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Solomon Lalong, in which he
claims that the RUGA settlements currently being implemented nationwide for
herdsmen by the Buhari regime are a Jonathan administration initiative and that
former President Goodluck Jonathan should be blamed for the crisis occasioned
by herdsmen which have risen to a head in recent times,” Omokri said in a
statement.
“Nigerians are used to the Buhari
administration and its privies blaming all their challenges on the Jonathan
administration and this latest act of dereliction of duty is therefore not
surprising.
“Obviously, the Buhari regime is
unaware that they have become a laughing stock in the international community,
as evidenced by the total absence of any worthy representation at their recent
events because the world knows that you are not a failure until you start
blaming others for your mistakes.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the
so-called RUGA herdsmen settlements being planned nationwide is not an
initiative of the Jonathan administration. We did not conceive or budget for it
and we know and want nothing to do with it.
“What the Jonathan administration
initiated was a ₦100 billion agricultural LOAN to be disbursed by the Central
Bank of Nigeria for states in Northern Nigeria, who wished to build cattle
ranches for modern processing of beef which would then be transported
nationwide as beef, rather than cattle rearing.
“RUGA, on the other hand, is not
a loan, but a government intervention with PUBLIC funds in a purely PRIVATE
business, with the attendant acquisition of PUBLIC land to be used for such
PRIVATE business in perpetuity.
“I will appeal to Governor Simon
Lalong to face god RUGA and leave Dr. Goodluck Jonathan out of it.”
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