The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged the National Assembly to investigate what it called “widespread insecurity, economic depression, treasury looting, abuse of office and violations that stamped the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration since May 2015.”
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party charged the federal legislators to protect the interest of millions of suffering Nigerians by invoking its powers in Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) “to recover the over N14 trillion stolen by government officials and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last four years.”
PDP held that a legislative action had become imperative, since according to it, “the Buhari presidency has failed to give cogent explanation on the alleged looting of over N9 trillion through sleazy oil contracts as detailed in the leaked NNPC memo; a situation that directly points to officials culpability.”
The party noted that “Nigerians also want the National Assembly to investigate the issues surrounding the reported stealing of N1.1 trillion worth of crude oil through 18 unregistered companies as well as the alleged looting of over N2.6 trillion in shady oil subsidy regime.” Read more