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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