The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the failure of the N500 billion Social Investment Programme of the current administration as revealed by Mrs. Aisha Buhari, was a vindication of its stance that the administration was steeped in corruption.
The PDP in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Aisha Buhari’s revelation has further shown that the PDP has not been crying wolf by insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari must account for the trillions of naira stolen under his watch in the last four years.
The statement read in part, “More disheartening is the fact that the said funds were meant for the welfare of the poor, whom Mr. President had always claimed to represent in government.
“Unfortunately, these poor Nigerians have been waiting endlessly for the failed social investments promised by President Buhari only to have their hopes dashed as revelations by Mrs. Buhari had shown that the money provided for the programme had been stolen.”
The PDP said now that the truth has been revealed by no less a Nigerian than Mr. President’s wife, the National Assembly and all anti-corruption agencies should immediately commence forensic investigation on how these funds were dispensed and utilized.
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The party expressed worry that the same administration presided over by ‘Mr. Integrity’ has been using the names of innocent poor Nigerians to loot the national treasury and fritter away billions of naira to finance their wasteful lifestyles while Nigerians wallow in abject poverty.
“It is indeed appalling that the Buhari administration would be sitting on such colossal corruption and continues to thrive in evil concealment while diverting public attention from their rot by hounding innocent opposition figures on trumped-up corruption charges.”
The PDP maintained that no matter how much deceit and falsehood appear to thrive, the truth would prevail at the end of the day.
It, therefore, charged President Buhari to speak out on the matter and immediately commence the process of recovering the money and channelling it for the benefit of poor Nigerians.
