Presidency vs PDP: "Bailout for Salaries is not from Jonathan's Savings."- Presidency

The presidency has described as false, banal and ludicrous the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh, that the funds released to states by President Muhammadu Buhari to enable them pay their workers’ salaries came from savings made by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

But in a counter statement, the People Democratic Party is insisting that the LNG bail out fund approved by President Buhari to the state governors is part of the savings by the past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President, (Media & Publicity), Mr Femi Adesina, the presidency deplored the attempt by the PDP and its agents to create what it described as  “an unnecessary controversy” over the well-intentioned effort by Buhari to give some relief to state governments and long-suffering public sector workers.

The statement said: ”We also reject the banal  and ludicrous demand by the PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh that the PDP Government which was ousted by Nigerians  at the last general elections for running the country aground, be given some credit for “saving” the funds that were disbursed as part of the intervention package approved by President Buhari.”

The presidency said Metuh’s claim that a significant amount of the funds came from savings accumulated in the Excess Crude Account and handed over to the Buhari Administration was completely false and deliberately intended to mislead the public.

“As we clearly stated yesterday, the funds approved by President Buhari for sharing to the three tiers of government on Monday came entirely from dividends and taxes paid to the Federation Account by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG), not from the Excess Crude Account.” the statement added.

source:ThisDayLive