Melaye’s onslaught against APC, FG thickens, as Kogi West Senator rates ex-PDP government more prudent than sitting government
In an apparent continuation of his planned fight-to-finish against the governing party and Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, Senator Dino Melaye has told the Senate how prudent People’s Democratic Party (PDP), from where he frustratedly decamped to climb on the shoulders of All Progressives Congress (APC) to get to his current position, is against the opposite that is the case with his own party.
The Kogi West Senator, who is also the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the FCT, on Wednesday, said the APC administration, which is just about three years, borrowed N11 trillion against N6trillion borrowed during the 16 years reign of the PDP.
Melaye, who spoke when he raised a point of order to protest the rejection of the Peace Corps bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, said the present administration had no specific programme to empower the youths.
He said the complaint by the president that there was no fund to cater for the Peace Corps was not tenable.
“The same thing happened when the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was to be established; there was also the same complaint that there was no money and all of that.
“But today, we can see the advantages of the civil defence and how they have helped in safeguarding government’s infrastructure,” he said. (ThisDay)
