The of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who is the chairman of a special committee
set up by the National Economic Council, NEC, in a recent interview with Vanguard has revealed that the ex-pres Goodluck Jonathan administration plundered the nation’s economy
despite the defence being put forward by the former Minister of Finance, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala.
As a matter of fact, the Governor who is a member of the NEC
made further disclosures, revealing that under the watch of Okonjo-Iweala, the
Federal Government spent the sum of N140billion on consultancy for the Second
Niger bridge.
He said the money was sourced from the Sovereign Wealth Fund,
SWF, illegally, asserting that the Igbos must hold the former President
responsible since such amount was expended with no bridge on ground.
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He insists that the nation cannot succeed unless people are
prosecuted, stressing that "If Nigerians know what these people did, they
will stone them to death, jungle justice. 700 million dollars gone on second
Niger bridge without any bridge to show."
Oshiomhole, visibly angry, said he may not be able to reveal
as much as he would have liked but maintained that if Nigerians knew what
actually went down during Jonathan’s reign, they would stone him and his
cabinet members on the street.
Sir, National Assembly approved the 75million dollar loan to
Edo State, but the PDP opposed the loan deal saying the state is already
heavily indebted, how would you react to that?
First, is that the PDP does not believe in development and
for them anything that will bring prosperity to the people negates what they
stand for.
Which is politics for the benefit of PDP leaders. And of course they
are embarrassed by the amount of goodwill that we have continued to enjoy from
the people of the state; it is not easy to be in government for six and half
years and you can still walk the streets – on and off.
You find people trooping out to hail you and, see, they have
been praying, with the declining oil prices such that many states can’t pay salaries.
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