HUGE CHUNK OF THE NATION'S BUDGET USUALLY ENDS IN PRIVATE POCKETS.

True talk coming from APC this time around!
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said
that a huge chunk of billions of Naira budgeted
annually for Nigeria’s economy ends up in private
pockets.
The party made this disclosure while hailing the
Nigerian workers and the Civil Society for standing up
firmly against corruption, calling their open
demonstration of support for the Federal Government’s
battle against corruption a major boost to the anti-graft
fight.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party
said Nigerian workers’ unambiguous stand against
corruption is also a clear repudiation of all those who
have attempted to politicize the battle either by
insinuating selectivity or saying the government should
face governance instead of dwelling on the fight
against corruption.
”Thursday’s nationwide demonstrations by Nigerian
workers and the Civil Society in support of the anti-
corruption battle is the clearest indication yet that
corruption is now seen for what it is, a vice to be
condemned and punished rather than something to be
venerated and celebrated. The growing intolerance for
corruption among Nigerians is also a clear example of
what a nation can achieve under a committed, sincere,
purposeful and focused leadership,” it said
APC said the delivery of good governance was
seriously hampered by corruption, hence the
cankerworm of corruption that had eaten deep into the
fabric of the Nigerian society was the main reason why
millions of unemployed youths cannot get jobs, why
hospitals lack necessary equipment and medicines,
why infrastructural deficit is worsening and why social
services are almost non-existent, just to mention a
few.
”A huge chunk of the billions of Naira which are
budgeted annually for all sectors of the economy end
up in private pockets. Little wonder then that the
economy has been in the doldrums over the years,
despite the trillions of Naira earned by the country from
crude oil sales alone.
“It is, therefore, baffling that some people, for whatever
reasons, have decided to engage in sophistry in their
attempt to distract the government from combating
graft. Thursday’s nationwide anti-graft rally by
Nigerian workers and the Civil Society has shown that
Nigerians are not buying such fallacy,” the party said.
It recalled the promise made by President Muhammadu
Buhari in his inaugural speech on 29 May 2015, that
his Administration would tackle head on the serious
challenges facing the country, including insecurity and
pervasive corruption, and appealed to all Nigerians to
continue to give their unalloyed support to the
Administration in its determination to surmount the
challennges.