The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, condemned the reported approval of a whooping N500million as first installment of a N1billion allegedly approved by President Bola Tinubu for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage as contained in a leaked memo by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.
PDP described the said approval of the huge amount for a routine government activity like committee inauguration as the height of profligacy, imprudence and financial recklessness which further validated PDP’s position that the Tinubu-led government was a cesspit of corruption where officials engage in brazen and reckless treasury-looting.
National publicity secretary of PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said it was highly provocative and unpardonable that at the time the nation was suffering acute food shortage, when millions of Nigerians were starving due largely to inadequate investment in food…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
