The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said the
revelation of alleged over N48 billion fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development has exposed the “monstrous corruption, sleaze and cover-ups”
going on in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
PDP said the confession by the queried former Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Umar Bello, that the duplicitous purchase of a
building for a humongous cost of N7.044 billion passed through the Federal Executive
Council (FEC) further exposed the rot that has permeated the Buhari
administration.
The opposition party in a statement signed by its
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the Buhari All Progressives Congress,
APC-led government “stinks.”
PDP stressed that “such revelation has again shown how the
corrupt cabal in the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC)
have been pillaging our national treasury and fleecing our nation of billions
of naira through fraudulent transactions in various ministries, departments and
agencies, while parading before Nigerians as saints.
“Nigerians were shocked by reports of how funds meant to
service the food security system in our country are being plundered by those in
power, resulting in the crippling of our agricultural sector thereby creating
attendant hunger and starvation in our land.”
The opposition party described as “shameful that the FEC,
under President Buhari’s watch, is being fingered in financial manipulations
and procurement sleazes in the Agric ministry including the alleged
disappearance of N48 billion contractors’ fund, over N7billion duplicated
payments, diversion of N9.1billion worth of drilling rigs to unnamed private
individuals, purchase of carcass building for N7.044 billion.
“In addition to misapplication of billions of naira meant
for strategic grains, rural grazing area settlement funds and other food
production intervention schemes.”
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