SAN FRANCISCO, July 09, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the federal government to publish names of the poor Nigerians who are to be beneficiaries of the repatriated $322m (approximately N116bn) loot stashed in Swiss banks by Sani Abacha, the late military dictator.
THEWILL recalls that the federal government had said the money would be shared among the poor households in the country as a means of poverty alleviation.
But in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, it had become necessary for the list to be published following allegations that the repatriated fund was being abused.
“President Buhari needs to note that Nigerians are utterly dismayed that having hitherto postured as a man of integrity, he has taken no steps against this bare-faced atrocity where over 90 percent of supposed beneficiaries of the repatriated fund are phony names supplied by fraudulent officials of his government,” the statement read.
“Nigerians are completely at a loss on why President Buhari always fail to take bold steps to expose and deal with corrupt and sharp practices by his appointees and leaders of his APC, even when such nefarious acts are directly against the less-privileged citizens already suffering the harsh economic realities of his administration.
“Since this issue was raised and the PDP called for a legislative scrutiny, the federal government and the APC have kept mum, perhaps, thinking that by their silence, it will be swept under the carpet like others in the past.”
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