PDP accuse Buhari of encouraging corruption through corrupt bailout funds

PDP in Edo State yesterday insisted that the bailout fund to states by the APC-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari is to encourage corruption in the country.

Chairman of PDP in the state, Chief Dan Orbih who stated this during the opening of the new secretariat complex acquired by opposition party members preparatory for 2016 governorship election, tasked President Buhari to stop further disbursement of the bailout funds to states.

Orbih said “There is, no doubt, that there is monumental mismanagement of local government allocation in Edo state under Adams Oshiomhole. That is why on this very occasion of the official opening of the PDP headquarters in Benin City, I want to call on President Buhari to stop the present practice of payment of financial bailout.”

He said “Financial bailout by Buhari is a way of encouraging corruption in Nigeria.”

“They (governors) have enough allocation for the local governments; so the question the president should ask is by finding out what is responsible for this government not being able to meet its financial obligations to the people in various local governments

According to Orbih said, “In Edo State, it is very clear. Let us take Oredo local government, for example, from January to October, Oredo local government council has received well over one billion, fifty seven million naira from the federal allocation but from the account of the local government council chairman, what got to the council from the state government is only N102m.”

Orbih stated “I want to repeat it again, since Adams resumed office as governor, Edo state local government councils have received from the Office of the Accountant General over N200billion; of this amount all they needed to pay workers’ salaries in the past seven years was N75billion. But let me tell you, even the workers’ salaries he could not pay

But the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Comrade Godwin Erhahon said “They (Orbih and his party members) spoke out of ignorance and malice because a retreat is not supposed to be done in one’s house. So, a retreat is one that will take one out of one’s place that is why it is called a retreat.”