THERE are many indicators in our body polity to prove that Nigeria is still transiting from military rule to democracy, even though the Army vacated the political scene nearly 20 years ago. One of them is the continued handling with impunity of funds belonging to the states by the Federal Government.
The Paris Club debts overpayment refund is one great example. Each time the state governors gather in Abuja to ask the Federal Government to give them back their money they are made to look like mendicants asking for handouts or bailouts from the President.
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has expressed the frustration of his colleagues that the Federal Government is adamant in withholding the remaining $3.4 billion (about N1.2 trillion) due to the alleged “mismanagement” of the first tranche of N522.74 billion.
President Muhammadu Buhari…
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