Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, has explained why
President Muhammadu Buhari is making last-minute appointments and seeking
approval for funds disbursement.
On Wednesday, Buhari asked the senate to approve a request
to pay various sums as judgment debts.
The amounts — $566,754,584, £98,526,012 and N226 billion —
are said to be owed by the federal government.
Earlier on Wednesday, the president swore in seven federal
commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission
(RMAFC).
Buhari’s last-minute decisions have elicited varied
reactions, given the proximity to the handover to the incoming administration
of Bola Tinubu.
During an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday,
Adesina addressed the issue.
The presidential spokesperson said Buhari has a four-year
mandate which will end on May 29, 2023.
He added that the federal government is obligated to pay any
form of debt incurred during the eight-year tenure.
“A wicked man pays and owes not, that is what the good book
says,” he said.
“When you owe and you refuse to pay, the Bible says you are
a wicked man.
“If the government is owing all those judgement debts, why
shouldn’t it pay? It should pay.
“The government has a
mandate from a time to a certain time, that mandate was from 2019 to 2023, so
the government is working.”
Adesina also spoke on the president’s refusal to dissolve
his cabinet after his final federal executive council meeting on Wednesday.
“It depends on the president. Style is typical to each
person, that is the style of the president,” he added.
“He wants them to work till the very last day. We know some
presidents who would dissolve after the last FEC meeting, that is their own
style.”
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