Itse Sagay, chairman
of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says looting
of public funds still takes place at the national assembly through budget
padding.
In an interview with
PUNCH, Sagay said there is no looting at the
executive level.
He
said the implementation of treasury single account (TSA) by the Buhari
administration has shown that country is making trillions of naira that “nobody
knew about”.
Sagay
said: “Nobody is sharing any money again — but perhaps at the national assembly
looting is still ongoing due to budget padding. Some sharing may be going on at
that level, but at the executive level, I can assure you that no sharing is
going on.
“Remember,
we have the treasury single account, though initiated by the Jonathan
administration, but never implemented. The TSA has revealed the trillions of
naira that this country had been making but which nobody knew about.”
The
PACAC chairman said Nigerians need to be reminded of their past.
“Nigerians
have short memory, we’ll keep on repeating it! We’ll keep on repeating it!
Nigerians will keep complaining that they are hungry, but they won’t link it to
the horror they were put through because of the PDP’s mismanagement,” he said.
“We
have to keep on repeating it so that Nigerians will stop talking loosely about
this government’s actions and inaction. Nigerians have short memory, so we need
to keep on reminding them.
“We
need to keep shaming those people who looted public treasury and the citizens
need to know who the source of their problem are. Of course, work is going on.”
He
said Nigerians can now go to sleep and be assured that every kobo the
government makes is being put to good use for their benefit.
Sabi
Abdullahi, spokesman of the senate, could not be reached for comments as calls
put through to him did not connect and there was also no response to a text
message sent.
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