Inclusion Of People With Ongoing Corruption Cases In President Tinubu’s Campaign Council ‘Worrisome’-ADC

One of the leading opposition parties in the country, the ADC, has condemned the inclusion of people with ongoing corruption cases in President Bola Tinubu’s campaign council while describing this as a worrisome development.

The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi on Saturday also asked the presidency to clarify if Betta Edu and Ngozi Olejeme’s corruption cases have ended or not.

The federal government should also according to the party disclose whether outstanding corruption cases involving the aforementioned people ‘had been resolved or this appointment is Tinubu’s way of pardoning corrupt officials affiliated with his party’.

 ‘We note, especially the inclusion of former Humanitarian Affairs Minister Betta Edu, who was suspended by President Tinubu following the controversy surrounding the attempted transfer of N585 million into a private bank account as well as Former NSITF Chairman Ngozi Olejeme, who has faced EFCC prosecution over allegations of financial malpractices, among others whose name carry pungent odour of corruption.

 If they have been cleared, the government should show how and when and by whom they were cleared. It has become a familiar pattern under this administration for investigations into financial crimes to quietly disappear only for the accused to suddenly reappear in a different official role’ the statement said.

ADC also restated its commitment to restoring fuel subsidy as a way of bringing down the pump price of fuel and the general cost of living in the country.

‘We have observed the flurry of government sponsored attacks on our proposal for a targeted, capped, budgeted and independently audited subsidy intervention on the grounds that Nigeria cannot afford it.

 They are saying that a government that has continued to engage in monumental waste of resources cannot afford to help poor Nigerians who are merely struggling to survive.

Our proposal is straightforward: every naira must be traceable and every barrel accounted for. Before President Tinubu lectures Nigerians about the cost of helping them, he should account for the cost of his own government’s wrong-headed policy that has turned state governors into wastrels and federal agents into profligates’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you