PDP almost ruined the lives of Nigerians with embezzlement -lai Mohamed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai
Mohammed has taken a swipe on the Peoples'
Democratic Party (PDP) over its criticism of the
All Progressive Party's (APC) led government for
the poor state of the country's economy and
depreciation of naira, saying that the PDP lacks
the temerity to insult President Buhari and the
citizens for their failure in managing the
economy in a transparent manner.
The Minister was reacting to the comments
credited to Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu, that businesses may collapse in
the next six months because the Buhari
Administration has mismanaged the economy,
which he said was the clearest indication yet
that the PDP and its leaders are still in denial
about the massive body blows they inflicted on
the Nigerian economy.
Mohammed, who spoke in a statement signed
by his Special Assistant on media, Mr. Segun
Adeyemi, insisted that the poor state of the
country's economy, especially the depreciation in
the Naira exchange rate, is the direct
consequence of the incomprehensible
mismanagement of the economy and the
mindless looting of the national treasury under
the immediate past Administration, rather than
pushing the blame on the Buhari's
Administration.
''If there was still any honour left among
thieves, there is no way the leaders of a party
under whose watch the nation's economy
suffered a monumental mismanagement and the
Central
Bank was turned to the ATM or piggy bank of a
few people will have the temerity to insult a
government that is working hard to turn things
around or the citizens who are bearing the brunt
of such mismanagement.'' The Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
said in a statement on Sunday.
''It is now clear to all Nigerians that if the
PDP had won the last general elections,
Nigeria's economy would not have survived one
more month, considering the battering it received
under the immediate past Administration. It is
therefore unconscionable that those who should
show contrition and hunker down to avoid public
opprobrium are the same ones pointing an
accusing finger at the Buhari Administration.'' He
said.
''Senator Ekweremadu complained about the
depreciation of the Naira without telling
Nigerians who 'dollarized' the Nigerian economy
by bribing many individuals and groups with
dollars during the last elections, thus inflicting a
knock-out punch on the local currency. He also
failed to tell Nigerians which government
presided over the frenzied mop-up of dollars,
either for 'armsgate' or for slush fund purposes,
from the CBN to a point where it almost ran out
of the hard currency.'' He added.
The Minister said even though the Buhari
Administration met an economy that was in
coma, it had refused to use that as an excuse
for inaction, hence has been working hard on
measures that
will turn the economy around and greatly offer
relief to Nigerians by lifting millions, not
thousands, of people out of poverty through a
massive social intervention policy.
''The outcome of the months of hard work will
manifest soon in the 2016 national budget that
will give succour to millions of Nigerians who
are reeling from fallout of the solecism of the
immediate past Administration that turned the
country into a cash bazaar.'' Said Minister.