- Babatunde Fashola accused the PDP of looting the country's treasury
- The minister of works, power and housing said the current administration has been completing abandoned projects
- He said corruption is the reason many Nigerians are suffering now
The minister of works, power and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing the party of awarding projects without paying workers for them thereby leading to abandonment.
According to The Punch, the minister said this on Monday, December 10, while inspecting the building project of the federal secretariat, Awka, Anambra state.
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Fashola said due to monumental corruption, the PDP failed to complete projects but rather looted money meant for workers.
He said: “They looted our collective destiny, prospects, jobs and so on. That’s why the masses are suffering today. That’s why there are no jobs. But we (APC) are trying to bring back smiles on the faces of Nigerians.”
The minister said the 18-kilometer Umunya axis of the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway would be completed in May, 2019, while the federal secretariat would be completed the first quarter of next year.
Fashola said the reason President Buhari inherited so many uncompleted projects was because of corruption on the part of PDP.
He said: “They awarded the contract without paying contractors, and when you don’t pay contractors you create problems down the labour ladder.
“This man here told me that he gets N30,000 per week. With such fund he will patronise pubs in the evening by eating Isiewu (goat head) and drinking with his friends in the evening and through such way wealth is distributed and redistributed; jobs are created.
“For instance, the contract for this federal secretariat was awarded in 2012 by the previous administration without making funds available for its completion. If the money meant for it was not stolen, it would have been completed before now.
“We are bringing back what was denied the people in the past to them; that’s the difference between a development administration and a corrupt regime.”
Legit.ng had reported that as the 2019 general elections draw nearer, the Nigerian Senate on Monday, December 10, formally declared open the public hearing on vote-buying and improving electoral processes in the country.
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The Senate made the disclosure on its official Twitter page on Monday, December 10.
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