The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will leave no kobo in Nigeria’s treasury if the party wins the 2023 presidential election.
He said it will be impossible for PDP to change from its vice of looting the public treasury, if it ever has access to power.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will leave no kobo in Nigeria’s treasury if the party wins the 2023 presidential election.
He said it will be impossible for PDP to change from its vice of looting the public treasury, if it ever has access to power.
Mohammed said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Arusha, Tanzania.
“When PDP lost elections in 2015, they admitted that they had learnt their lessons, but obviously, they have learnt nothing.
“God forbid, if they ever have access to public purse again, they will leave no kobo there.
“We know what we met when we assumed office in 2015, we are still wailing from it.
“We hope Nigerians have now seen from this scandal the intention of PDP if they ever have access to public treasury’’.
Mohammed said certain questions should be raised from the development, including, what informed the payment in the first place and if it was the first time such money was paid.
He said the party should also be questioned on the source of the money and whether it was from the slush fund it had in its possession.
Mohammed recalled that as a member of NWC of the then Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) and later the All Progressives Congress (APC), no fund was ever paid into his account.
“Never did I remember that any form of money, call it, accommodation, or whatsoever, was ever paid into the account of any member of the NWC of either ACN or APC,’’ he said.
NAN reports that the minister is in Arusha for the 65th meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)’s Commission for Africa and a forum on “Rebuilding Africa’s Tourism Resilience for Inclusive Socio-Economic Development’’.
NAN also reports that the event is being attended by no fewer than 40 African Ministers of Tourism, UNWTO leadership and the Organisation’s representatives from other blocs.
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