*Says, ‘Show us evidence if you’ve launched Tsaigumi years ago’
“a nation sacked its President for corruption, another nation wants its President sacked for fighting corruption. What a paradox! The Tragedy of a desperate opposition that wants the return of corruption to Nigeria”
Apparently baffled by dangerous politicking and hates that some Nigerians under the disguise of playing 2019 politics have turned towards the tasking job of re-building Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on since his inauguration after defeating the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the March 28, 2015 presidential election, the Special Assistant to President on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie, has expressed wonder why Nigeria’s case is different.
She expected that Nigeria should jump up in jubilation rejoicing that corruption people of other country desired that their President find on their behalf had come into physical combat with their own government in the country without much push on the need to fight corruption.
Speaking via her tweeter handle on Saturday, Onochie, in what appears to be her reply to opposition’s claim that the Tsaigmi unveiled by this government in Kaduna had been launched on December 18, 2013 by Jonathan administration, threw a challenge to those critics holding such position to substantiate their claims and with evidence.
In a report published by Vanguard, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri reported expressed discontent in Buhari’s government and classified the current administration as a ‘Dishonest administration’, noting that ‘they’ equally want to lay claim to other infrastructure and achievements of the Jonathan government.
But in the tweet, Lauretta Onochie blasted and challenged those among opposition particularly officials of immediate past administration to come out with evidence to prove their points.
She equally reeled out ongoing projects by the federal government in order to contradict the position of Omokri who had said that ‘the current administration is trying to claim Jonathan’s achievements’.
The projects include: Rehabilitation of Agbor-Sakpoba – Ogharefe road, section 111 (Alihami Spur to college of Education, Agbor) Delta state, Contract No. 6093.
Secondly, Nigeria Ports Authority Revenue (2013 – 2017)
2013 – 154.50 Billion Naira
2014 – 159.30 Billion Naira
2015 – 180.50 Billion Naira
2016 – 162.20 Billion Naira
2017 – 299.56 Billion Naira
Again the dualisation of Sapele-Ewu road in Delta, section 1: (Sapele- Agbor), Contract No. 6249.
Similarly, she equally presented an update from Operation Lafiya Dole
3745 rescued from captivity
186 insurgents killed
1000 insurgents surrender or captured
93 surrendered to Nigerian troop
250 surrendered to Defence Force
85 Armored vehicles recovered
49 gun trucks recovered
36 pick-up van
14 IED Borne Vehicles
Onochie, again, said that under Buhari Foreign reserves increased from 22b dollars to 42.8b dollars. Out of it she said, under the CBN ABP N55b was disbursed to farmers nationwide which then translate to bumper harvest of 15 million metric tonnes of Rice in 2017 alone.
However, she concluded by saying that “a nation sacked its President for corruption, another nation wants its President sacked for fighting corruption. What a paradox! The Tragedy of a desperate opposition that wants the return of corruption to Nigeria”, she finally said.
