The PDP claimed that “Not even a handful of Nigerians have acknowledged receiving any pittance from government despite claims by officials of having paid billions of Naira as palliatives to individuals and poor households.” PDP CoronavirusInNigeria
It claimed that rather than deploy the programme to benefit the Nigerian people, the SIP was being used to fleece the country. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party claimed that failure of the much-orchestrated COVID-19 social palliatives for Nigerians, contrary to claims by the APC-led administration, also validated allegations that the APC has been using ghost beneficiaries to siphon government’s resources.
The party urged Nigerians to note how officials of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration fraudulently sidestepped extant financial regulations and illegally resorted to cash disbursements directly by a minister, instead of using the Central Bank of Nigeria cash disbursement facility. “Such practice directly points to fraudulent diversion of funds by APC leaders, who have been using the same template of the discredited SIP, which had been exposed by Aisha Buhari as a fraud, when she revealed that the N500b SIP of the Buhari administration was not getting to the intended beneficiaries.
It challenged the APC to speak up in support of transparency and accountability in the social intervention programmes, particularly at this perilous time.
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