WED, MAY 20 2020-theG&BJournal- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a statement released by the National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan Wednesday, said that the revelation of over N48 billion fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has again, exposed the ‘’the monstrous corruption, sleaze and cover-ups going on in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.’’
The Party said the confession by the queried former Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Umar Bello, that the duplicitous purchase of ‘’an ordinary carcass building for humongous cost of N7.044 billion passed through the Federal Executive Council (FEC) further exposes the rot that has permeated the Buhari administration.’’
‘’The PDP holds that such revelation has again shown how the corrupt cabal in the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been pillaging our national treasury and fleecing our nation of billions of naira through fraudulent transactions in various ministries, departments and agencies, while parading before Nigerians as saints.
‘’The PDP described as shameful that the FEC under President Buhari’s watch, is being fingered in financial manipulations and procurement sleazes in the Agric ministry including the alleged disappearance of N48 billion contractors’ fund, over N7 billion duplicated payments, diversion of N9 billion worth of drilling rigs to unnamed private individuals, purchase of carcass building for N7.044 billion, in addition to misapplication of billions of naira meant for strategic grains, rural grazing area settlement funds and other food production intervention schemes.’’
The Party called on the National Assembly and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately commence investigation into what it called ‘’behemoth of fraud in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develoment.’’
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