CSO Backs Federal Govt On Paris Club Refund

A pro-Muhammadu Buhari’s civil society organization, “A Kasa A Tsare” has backed the federal government stand on the payment of the Paris/London Club debt exit consultants and the N40 billion contract for the surveillance of pipelines in the Niger Delta.

According to the group, while the federal government is up and doing, some state governors are taking the country back, riding on their personal interests to halt the wheel of progress.

At a press conference in Abuja, the chairman of the group, Dr Kailani Muhammad, said when most of the state governors lost hope and were finding it difficult to face their people for being unable to pay workers salaries and provide developmental services in their respective states, they have suddenly forgotten how the federal government rescued them and are now showing ingratitude trying to accuse the attorney general of the Federation, Abubakar Malami of effecting the Paris club refunds against their states.
“Now that a consultant that facilitated the London and Paris club refunds has open up and exposed their antics rather than bury their faces in shame, they have now turned to accuse the attorney general.

“The consultant has accused the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) of demanding and receiving the sum of $100 million to prosecute elections in some states of the Federation, an allegation that is so weighty to brush aside.

“Nigerians are demanding explanation from the governors on how they stoop so low to solicit for monies from the consultant in the guise of prosecuting of elections.

“In the face of this brazen unpatriotic act and alleged corrupt practice, what the governor’s should have done is to honourably bury their heads in shame and shut up. The governors should know that the era of receiving free money is over, ” the group said.