The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described moves by the Federal Government to use the sum of $1billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to tackle insurgency as means to mismanage public funds and to finance partisan activities.
Governors of the 36 states of the Federation had on Thursday, last week given the Federal Government approval to utilise $1billion from Nigeria’s excess crude account to tackle Boko Haram insurgency.
The PDP in a statement made available to Channels Television on Sunday insisted that the Federal Government must address the issue of the funds and not divert attention away from it.
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“The attempt by the APC-led Federal Government to divert attention from the fraud, by resorting to unsubstantiated allegations against the PDP only reinforces its manipulative tendencies and arrogant spurn to the sensibilities of Nigerians,” PDP said in the statement.
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