Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has accused President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, and state governor of indulging in the worst display of fiscal rascacity.
Ezekwesili accused Tinubu, NASS, and state governors of
spending scarce public funds on projects and luxuries while Nigeria is highly
overburdened with debts of all kinds.
Her remark is coming when the presidency procured a
presidential jet worth N150million for Tinubu’s usage.
But, in a post on his X page titled: “The Obscene Indulgence of our Political and Public Officials in a Season of Famine,” the former minister, the former minister wrote: “What a big shame on the @NigeriaGov of @NGRPresident @officialABAT and the lawmakers @nassnigeria! The worst display of fiscal rascality is when political and public leaders of a country that is highly overburdened with debts of all kinds, choose to spend scarce public resources on prestige projects and luxuries.
“Imagine the @NGRPresident and his Vice, @NGRSenate and
@HouseNGR of @nassnigeria and the Governors of mostly unviable 36 states
enjoying obscene luxuries while asking the Poor “to sacrifice for the future”.
“Something will have to give someday soon, because this
level of unjust governance is frankly not sustainable.
“The Class War that members of the Nigerian political class
are asking for by their insensitivity to the plight of the people will for sure
end their fiscal rascality. Again, this level of unjust governance is frankly
not sustainable.
“For one, the current Citizens’ restiveness will remain with
us no matter how much the folks in @NigeriaGov pretend that it is not hunger
that drove citizens into the massive #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
“Having been following the raging controversy on the
“Salaries of Lawmakers @nassnigeria” the deja vu is uncanny; recalling a
similar uproar that followed a Keynote Speech I delivered on Cost of Governance
on August 19, 2013
@cislacnigeria conference.
“Yesterday was exactly eleven years ago of that saga.”
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