APC blames Jonathan for N5, 000 pledge

By Amako Nneji November 6, 2015 10:31

APC blames Jonathan for N5, 000 pledge

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday, November 6, fingered ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan as the reason why they have failed to implement the N5000 monthly stipends for 25 million most vulnerable Nigerians as promised during its presidential campaign.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Party and Minster-designate, Lai Mohammed, in a statement said the non-implementation of the payment policy so far is due to the fact that it was not included in the 2015 budget, prepared by the Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP administration.

He called on the citizens to ignore the mischievous attempt by the PDP to “confuse and mislead them” on this issue.

The APC, and PDP, Senators on Wednesday, November 4, locked horns over a prayer asking President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately implement the payment of N5000 to jobless Nigerians as promised during the electoral campaign.

However, the move was countered by the APC Senators, almost leading to a breakdown of order in the Senate.

See: We cannot keep our N5, 000 promise – APC

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement, on Thursday, November 5, in reaction to the APC Senators’ action said the development is a clear confirmation of the fact that the APC is a party of hypocrites, who never had any intention of honoring its campaign promises.

    “The PDP declares that it is absolutely obvious to all, that the APC came to power riding on monumental lies and deceit in making promises they had no intentions to keep. All they wanted was to get into power and they achieved this with their lying tongues,” Metuh had said.

See: N5, 000: Fulfil your outlandish promises – PDP tells APC

Mohammed who took a swipe at the statement, maintained that even though the PDP-led Federal Government plundered the commonwealth in its time, the APC had devised creative means not only to pay the money but also to fulfill its other campaign promises to Nigerians.

      “Now, the Buhari administration has been busy putting into place measures that will make it possible to start the implementation of this project. Such measures include the introduction of the Treasury Single Account, TSA.

“We are happy to inform Nigerians that as of the end of September 2015, over 1.4 trillion Naira – which hitherto was lying unproductively in various commercial banks – has been recovered and paid into the TSA,” APC said.

The party said that in its usual jumpy and superficial approach to issues, the PDP had already rushed to judgment on the issue without bothering to hear from the APC, which made the promise in the first instance.

Since Buhari’s May 29 inauguration, the APC has continuously blamed the immediate past administration for its inability to deliver on its campaign promises.

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