El Rufai Lied About Jonathan’s Independence Spendings – Sulaiman

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on October 4, 2015 at 5:06 pm

Kayode Sesan | Lagos
The administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan only spent N333 million on three independence anniversaries (2012-2014) and not the billions of naira being bandied about by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, an ex-minister has said.
Abubakar Sulaiman, the immediate past Minister of National Planning during the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, stated this in a statement on Sunday.
Mr. Sulaiman described as “tissue of lies” the statement by Mr. El-Rufai on his facebook wall on Thursday that the Jonathan administration spent billions of naira on Nigeria’s independence anniversary celebrations in five years.
“We would have allowed this to go as just ranting of a favour seeker, but for the sake of ordinary Nigerians who were abreast of happenings under the administration and also those who never did, we will like to set the record straight,” Sulaiman said.
The facebook post, which was widely shared on the social media, appeared to brand the Jonathan administration as wasteful and corrupt, especially after the current administration announced N70 million as the spending for this year’s October 1st anniversary.