I support the
President’s demand that
PDP should explain to Nigerians how it
squandered $592
Billion – Shehu Sani
The lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district
in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said that he totally concurred with President
Muhammadu Buhari’s demand that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), should
explain to Nigerians it expended the humongous resources that accrued the
country from sales of oil between 1999 and 2014.
Sani, who lost the bid to retain the Kaduna Central seat in
the Senate to All Progressives Congress candidate, Uba Sani, said he supported
the President’s demand that PDP should tell Nigerians how the party squandered
$592 Billion.
Recall that, the president through his Spokesman, Femi
Adesina, in a statement on Thursday, said Buhari stated this when he received
the leadership of organized labour which came to felicitate with him on his
electoral victory at the State House, Abuja.
The President said the current administration met a country
with dilapidated infrastructure all round in 2015, and it calls to serious
question what the party that was in power for 16 years did with the country’s
earnings from oil, which reached a peak during the period.
“PDP has not successfully explained to the country what they
did with the money,” President Buhari said.
“There were no roads, no rail, no power. They said they
spent $16 billion on power, but where is the power? The irresponsible
expenditure of that period has not been explained, and Nigerians deserve an
answer on that terrible mismanagement of the country,” he said.
But reacting, Shehu Sani in a tweet on Thursday, called on
PDP to explain to Nigerians how they squandered $592 Billion.
He wrote: “I support the President’s demand that the PDP
should explain how they squandered $592 Billion.
“I advise the opposition party to recall all its past and
present members (1999 to 2015), to prepare and present to Mr President and the
nation a full report of such a monumental waste.”