Prof. Itse Sagay, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) has berated the former President, Goodluck Jonathan for claiming that his Administration fought corruption and worked assiduously to make the nation's economy the largest in Africa.
The former President, while making a presentation at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) non-elective Convention held on Saturday at the Eagle Square stated that though his administration did not plug all channels of corruption, appreciable gains were achieved in the war against corruption. He further stated that under his administration his economic team fought to keep inflation at a record low, making the standard of living affordable.
Reacting, Prof. Sagay accused Jonathan of encouraging corruption stressing that most of his officials are currently under investigation. He submitted that the current security and economic challenges facing the country were all cause by Jonathan's government.
His statement read
“We are investigating nearly $470 billion stolen and all the villas around the world his cronies bought. We are looking at over $2 billion and endless amount that disappeared under the former National Security Adviser (NSA). We are investigating former Chief of Army Staff he appointed, who diverted whopping amount of public funds. His shameless statement just shows the level of self-deceit by the former president. It is unbelievable.
This country is very lucky that the current administration took over the government from the hands of the party of plunderers, which could have ruined us all. If Jonathan had remained in office, we would all, by now, be carrying Ghana-must-go bags to go look for employment in other countries.”
Of course, the inflation might have been reduced when he was in the saddle when his cronies emptied the treasury and blowing money all over the place, spending public funds on luxurious and irresponsible things. There was a lot of money they were throwing about, which did not belong to them. If they didn’t empty the treasury, maybe the inflation rate would have been better now. But, they finished the whole money in the nation’s coffers. What the Buhari administration is doing is digging us out of the big hole the PDP put us to.
That is why there is inflation. Jonathan and his political party are the cause of the economic problem we found ourselves today. All this joblessness, misery, kidnapping and the despicable crimes being committed are as a result of lack of funds for ordinary human activities"
“In fact, the PDP and its members are a curse to this country. For them to ever dream that they would come back to power, that is the wildest and irresponsible dream anyone can contemplate” he added.
