The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to sack Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, and replace her
with a better hand.
The main opposition party accused the minister of “attempting
to mislead Nigerians” over allegations that the federal government printed N60
billion to support states’ allocations in March.
Godwin Obaseki, Edo state governor, had made the allegation
last week when he spoke at a forum where he argued that Nigeria is in huge
financial trouble.
“When we got FAAC for March, the federal government printed
additional N50-N60 billion to top-up for us to share,” he had said.
While Ahmed had described the claim as false, Godwin
Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had said the money was
meant as loan from the apex bank.
“If you understand the concept of printing of money, it is
about lending money. There is no need for all the controversy around money
printing as if we are going into the factory to print naira and then distribute
on the streets,” Emefiele had said.
However, in a statement on Friday, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP
spokesman, accused the federal government of not being sincere about the
matter.
Ologbondiyan also asked Buhari to reveal how much the
government has so far printed in similar circumstances, citing such action as a
major drive for inflation in the country.
“The PDP asserts that the admission by CBN Governor, Godwin
Emefiele, that the apex bank has been printing money at the bidding of
government, has vindicated its earlier stand that the Buhari-led APC
administration is characterized by concealments, deceit and falsehood,” the r
statement read.
“The PDP flays the Minister of Finance, Budget and National
Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, for attempting to mislead Nigerians by denying
the revelations by the Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, that N60 billion was printed
in March to support federal allocation to states.
“A situation where the Federal Government cannot articulate
and implement policies favourable to wealth creation but resorting to borrowing
and indiscriminate printing of currency notes, only goes to further confirm
that the Buhari administration lacks the credibility and capacity to run a
nation.
“The PDP calls out
President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the amount that has been printed so
far by the CBN to finance the deficit caused by the financial mismanagement of
his government as well as what the funds had been used for.
“Furthermore, for failing the full disclosure test, the PDP
demands that the Minister of Finance should immediately be relieved of her
position, while the President accepts responsibility for the indiscriminate
printing of currency in our naira.”
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