Only
few weeks ago there was rancour over the abuse of returned Paris - fund to some
Nigerian Governors. One of them in
particular had sunk his entire booty of $3 million in building a Five Star
Hotel in Lagos! Still this has not deterred
the Nigerian Government from seeking for a further $1.8 billion in loan…to the
same Governors….this time for 10 States!
As at today, National debts stands at N19.16 trillion up from what it
was two years ago N7.1 trillion! Now, a Lagos
based financial consultant Bismark Rewane says “we need to move away from debts
from recurrent expenditure to debts for capital expenditures – which are
project specific”.
How the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan frittered away the nation’s scarce resources is beginning to spill out – despite the shrill insistence by ex-Finance Minister, Okonjo Iweala that the records sheet were clean! Information pieced together by our investigators show that several paramilitary Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Interior shared a record 10 billion each for the purpose of influencing the March 28 General Elections in favour of the defeated incumbent. However, things did not go down well with the ranks and file during the sharing. Outgoing Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Boss (name withheld) was said to have misappropriated the huge booty by allegedly pocketing 5 billion for himself, while declaring the other half (5 billion) as the sum total. The bone of contention was that while the rank and file received 40,000 each some key associates close to the big guns went home with a hefty slice. Causing the rumble.
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