Afrigather The previous lawmaker that represented Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa federal constituency, Olasupo Abiodun has described Nigeria below President Muhammadu Buhari as worse than the regime of the previous Ugandan despot, Idi Amin Dada Oumee.
Olasupo, who made the commentary whereas that includes on a radio programme, mentioned the President’s flagrant violation of the CBN Act and different coverage disaster have left Nigerians poorer.
He attributed the motion of the Presidency in ordering the Central Financial institution of Nigeria to print greater than the stipulated 5 % of the nation’s naira denominations as abhorrent, saying the nation wanted a real management to flee the free downward slope of its financial system.
“CBN Act solely permits for the printing of cash to cowl for shortfall in earnings to the Federal Authorities however not exceeding 5 % of earlier yr earnings of the federal government. Buhari administration has been averaging N4trillion every year since inception which implies the nation shouldn’t have exceeded N800billion however information present exceedingly greater than that.
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”The financial system immediately is in shambles, we’re borrowing to service loans whereas Nigerians are stupefied as to the place the nationally-generated revenues are going; we should change the course earlier than this ship is wrecked by APC,” he mentioned.
Whereas reacting to the insinuation that the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) in Oyo State was not United in assist of the occasion’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, he mentioned the it was not true as all of the candidates of the occasion from the Nationwide Meeting, State Governorship, State Meeting and Presidential Candidates would benefit from the assist of PDP members within the state.
Abiodun famous that as Nigeria has been experiencing bleak financial development, ethnic disunity and infrastructural decay, the one candidate with the required expertise and can to vary the nation’s fortune for the very best is Atiku Abubakar.
“At this level, we have to critically have a look at our decisions. Nigeria has been so fragmented. We don’t must play ethnic playing cards now.
”It’s time to elect a frontrunner that can say that is the scenario and that is the way in which to go about it. It is not going to be a simple answer however on the finish of the day it’ll pay us all, I do know Nigerians are able to make the sacrifice.
“PDP in Oyo State is in assist of Atiku, as occasion members, we’re in assist of all candidates of our occasion. We’re speaking of Oyo State, Makinde has performed all the pieces we would like, my neighborhood is an instance.
“As an insider, no matter I let you know about this case, you may take to the financial institution. We’ve only one candidate and that’s Alhaji Waziri Atiku Abubakar.”
The previous legislator referred to as for a real constitutional modification effort that can form the Nigeria that would be the pleasure of the world, saying solely a frontrunner that can be real looking and honest in selling exhausting however positively-enduring insurance policies like Atiku Abubakar might take Nigeria to the promised land.
“In 2019, Atiku mentioned promote NNPC they usually mentioned he was a thief. Now, it has been privatised. Go and examine the information of NNPC, it has been on the unfavourable.
“It’s time to elect a frontrunner that can say that is the scenario and that is the way in which to go about it. It is not going to be a simple answer however on the finish of the day it’ll pay us all, I do know Nigerians are able to make the sacrifice.
“From 2015 to 2020, near N300billion has been used for turnaround upkeep for the 4 refineries that haven’t contributed something to the nation’s purse all of the whereas. In 2021, one other N600billion was apportioned for a similar factor to be delivered earlier than 2026.
“Now, we have now Dangote Refinery that’s gulping simply 19billion {dollars}, with its personal ports and different services. Let the areas management their assets. Amend the Structure to replicate this. The remaining is grammar. There’s pressing want to have a look at our Structure and make amendments.
“One of many luckiest Nigerians is President Muhammadu Buhari, each exhausting coverage has been taken in by Nigerians with out a whimper however throughout the time of GEJ, the entire nation rose towards simply the only effort to denationalise the downstream sector and to cease gasoline subsidy, even Buhari mentioned it was a rip-off, immediately we will see that it’s not simply subsidy that may be a rip-off however Buhari himself.”
The Iseyin-born Amount Surveyor referred to as on Nigerians, particularly Oyo State residents to take their destinies in their very own fingers and vote Atiku in order to flee additional financial melancholy and poverty.
