PDP blasts presidency over INEC meeting, TSA

…Says FG position is evidence of corruption
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday took the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to the cleaner over the recent meeting with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the   controversies surrounding the handling of the remittances of

Treasury Single Account (TSA).
The party added that the federal government’s double tongue on the meeting with INEC  and the TSA is nothing but evidence of corruption.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh also said that PDP is compiling list of governors in All Progressives Congress (APC) facing corruption charges.

Metuh challenged President Buhari’s government to show transparency and be bold and honest enough to come out clear on the remittances and

operation of the TSA instead of trying to use the veneer of politics to hide the rot already simmering under the APC administration.

PDP spokesman said: “The PDP has watched with keen interest some disturbing recent development, particularly, the exchange of words between the National Assembly and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive over the controversies surrounding the handling of the remittances in the

Treasury Single Account (TSA) as well as the conflicting statements between the Presidency and INEC on the revelation of secret meetings between the two bodies on Kogi governorship election.

“On the controversies trailing the operations of the TSA, the conflicting

statements emanating from the federal executive, via the minister of

information and the CBN underscore the fear being raised by the Senate that there may have been underhand deals in the process.

“Whereas the Senate has ordered its committee on finance and public accounts to investigate the remitting and handling of N2.5 trillion into the TSA, the federal executive, through the minister of information, had

earlier informed the nation that the sum of N1.4 trillion has been remitted, while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) put its figure at below a trillion and announced an estimated collectable amount of N1.2

trillion.
“The PDP finds this discordant tune and Monday's brazen attack by theminister of information on whistle blowers as completely unacceptable and contradictory of a government that rode to power on the garb of 'Mr. Clean'.

“This is addition to the fact that the firm handling the TSA remittances has been given the leeway to rake millions of naira into unknown purses from fees charged MDAs for training of their personnel involved in the TSA.”

Metuh also called on Nigerians and the international community to noted the inconsistency in the denials by the

presidency and INEC regarding the revelation of their secret meetings to plot the manipulation of  Saturday's Kogi state governorship election to ensure victory for the All Progressives Congress. (APC).

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