The
National Chairman Of The National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr. Yinusa Tanko, in
an interview with New Telegraph, says that the budget of the past
administration of Goodluck Jonathan was N4 trillion, but yet Nigerians were not
hungry and the Nation's Economy was not in recession despite accusations that
the budget was not even executed up to 75 per cent.
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| Yinusa Tanko |
"The total budget of Nigeria
for 2016 is N6.04 trillion. We are in the third quarter of the year and it is
assumed that 75 per cent of the amount has been spent into the system" yet
Nigerians are not feeling any positive impact. He stated.
Tanko
said it is regrettable that Buhari's administration came with the aim of
fighting corruption, and have claimed to have recovered billions of Naira from
looters which amount to about N13 trillion, but could not account for what they
have done with the money.
His
Words: "Let me be frank with you, it is very obvious that the present
government is not telling us the true position of things. Investigation and the
statements being made by this government attest to this particular fact.
"Right
from the beginning, this particular government has what we call a communication
gap; they have not been able to communicate with the Nigerian people
effectively well. And when you hear the president says one thing, you hear his
aides saying another thing differently.
"That
has shown the differences that they had within themselves internally as a
political party. We are all living witnesses when the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government told Nigerians that they were able to
generate money that belongs to the Nigerian people.
"First
of all, they said they generated about N3 trillion from looters. They also said
that they have been able to generate N1.4 trillion from revenue from the
Treasury Single Account (TSA). They went ahead to tell us that they have been
able to get about N6 trillion from Customs and Duties. The list is endless.
"The
total amount of money they said they recovered or generated amounted to over
N13 trillion. Let even assume that the N13 trillion is a figment creation of
the social media; if we divide the amount into two, it means we would have
nothing less than N6 trillion.
"The
total budget of Nigeria for 2016 is N6.04 trillion. We are in the third quarter
of the year and it is assumed that 75 per cent of the amount has been spent
into the system. That is amounting to about N4 trillion, which was about the
total amount of budget that the Goodluck Jonathan government spent.
"Despite
the accusation that the budget was not even executed up to 75 per cent,
Nigerian people did not go hungry and we did not go into recession. So, at this
point in time, where is the money they said they generated? If they said they
generated the money, why are we talking about borrowing?
"What
happened to the budget? Is it being implemented? If it is being implemented,
how many per cent of that particular budget is being implemented? If they are
implementing it, then why are all the ministries dormant? All the ministries
are not working.
"It
is amazing to see the government enjoying the light rail from Kaduna to Abuja
as if they are the one that even did it. Since government is a continuum, it
means that the former administration have done something and therefore we
should stop passing the bulk.
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Source: Critical Times News
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