…CUPP wants Auditor-General arrested immediately and calls on Vice
President to step aside and clear his name.
..Buhari’s APC govt is in competition to beat Abacha records in direct
stealing from public purse.
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has noted with dismay
the latest revelation of high level corruption which has since become
the trademark of the All Progresives Congress (APC) government led by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
In the latest revelation backed with relevant documents, it was revealed
that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Auditor General of the
Federation, Mr. Anthony Ayine, drew whopping N10billion from the
Treasury Single Account (TSA) in 2016.
The documents further revealed that in 2016, the two government
officials authorized two withdrawals of N5 billion each from the TSA,
totalling N10 billion.
The funds said to belong to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
was reportedly withdrawn without the consent and knowledge of the
Executive Secretary and the management of the NHIS, therefore forcing a
Lagos-based lawyer to petition the Special Presidential Investigation
Panel (SPIP) and raising alarm over the illegal withdrawal.
This latest revelation, coming on the heels of several similar
allegations of corruption in other government agencies such as the Niger
Delta Development Commission, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund
and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, definitely calls for
concern.
That all these are happening under the watch of President Buhari who has
be flaunting anti-corruption war as one of his administration’s cardinal
programmes is not only surprising but also disappointing.
It appears to opposition political parties that this APC government is
in competition to beat the record of the corrupt regime of late Sani
Abacha in direct stealing from public purse.
Based on this revelation, the CUPP is hereby calling for the immediate
arrest, investigation and prosecution of the Auditor-General.
We are also asking that the Vice-President should step aside to clear
his name and allow proper investigation into the matter.
Opposition political parties are of the view that anything short of
these our minimal demands will only confirm the general belief that the
present administration is not in any way serious with its acclaimed
anti-corruption war and that the war is merely meant to fight perceived
enemies of government, especially those in opposition political parties.
