As Nigeria continues to battle with Coronavirus pandemic, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Federal Government of not being transparent with the cash gift palliative measure.
In a statement on Monday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition PDP alleged that only APC loyalists are benefiting from the money, adding that APC is using ghost beneficiaries.
POLITICS NIGERIA reported how Federal Government announced giving N20,000 cash gift to poor people in order to feed themselves during the period of lockdown.
The statement read: “The PDP invites Nigerians to note how officials of the APC-led administration fraudulently sidestepped extant financial regulations and illegally resorted to cash disbursements, directly by a cabinet minister, instead of using the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cash disbursement facility.
“Such was part of the design to use few unsuspecting Nigerians to circumvent the system, muddle up financial documentation and accountability processes and facilitate the siphoning of a huge chunk of the palliative fund.”
“Such practice directly points to a fraudulent diversion of funds by APC leaders, who have been using the same template of the discredited social investment programmes, which had been exposed by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, as a fraud, when she, last year, revealed that the N500bn Social Investment Programme of the Buhari administration was not getting to the target beneficiaries.
“The party also condemned the inclusion of the school feeding programme during the time that school is closed.“This explains why the APC-led administration has refused to open up on the handling of palliative funds despite huge allegations of fraud and diversion.”
The Will not stay at home to die of hunger. the FG is just maltreating us,starving us for no Reason. Use the CBN Cash Disburstment/BANK VERIFICATION NUMBER to pay all Nigerians. Please do not use Money Mungers, they will steal the Money all.