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Economy
Abuja, Sept. 16, 2016 (NAN) The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the recovered stolen funds to revamp the economy.
The National Chairman of DPC, Rev. Olusegun Peters, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
He said “the APC-led regime should use the trillions of naira and dollars recovered from past public office holders and their cronies to revamp the economy to alleviate the sufferings in the land.’’
Peters said the Buhari government had repeatedly announced the recovery of trillions of naira and millions of dollars from corrupt Nigerians that looted the treasury.
According to him, the recovered funds which is in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) should be used to cushion the effect of the current recession in the economy.
He added that the trouble in the country since the nation’s independence in October 1960 had been poor management of the nation’s vast natural and human resources, among others.
He noted that “leadership is not a tea party; it is a heavy responsibility that must be discharged without fear or favour.”
The national chairman said it was unfortunate that previous federal and state governments failed to save for the rainy day.
He, however, added that “DPC will not fold its hands and see millions of Nigerians dying of hunger.”
He, therefore, urged politicians to be sensitive to the yearnings of Nigerians by providing dividends of democracy to the people,
adding that the people had been pushed to the wall.
Peters urged that funds saved in the TSA should be used to initiate programmes that would reduce the suffering.
He said “Nigerians demand and deserve a compassionate government” and urged the Federal Government to give an update of
all the funds recovered and how it was being used. (NAN)
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(Edited by Dada Ahmed/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)