Former
Speaker of the House Representatives, Ghali Umar Na'aba, has said that
former President, Olusegun Obasanjo remains the most corrupt Nigerian
leader.
Ghali Umar Na'aba
Speaking in a new interview, Ghali Umar Na’aba, a former Speaker of
the Federal House Representatives, has alleged that former President
Olusegun Obasanjo remains the most corrupt Nigerian leader, adding that
Obasanjo had no moral right to criticize anyone assumed to be corrupt.
According to a report by DailyPost,
the former speaker said the former president lacked the moral integrity
to describe the National Assembly members corrupt individuals.
“I don’t think there is anybody more corrupt in this country
like the former President. As the Speaker, I took Obasanjo on several
issues of expenditure offences which he committed and could not show
remorse.
“So, I don’t think he has the integrity to call anybody in the
NASS corrupt. This is the man who became President with nothing and
today he is one of the richest Nigerians, let him explain to Nigerians
how he acquired the money.
“On his planned tenure elongation, I am aware that some monies
was given to the national assembly members both the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
“It was alleged that the Senators got 50 million each while 40
million was given to the House of Representatives members, some
collected and some did not collect. But I am aware that money was
distributed by Obasanjo,” he stated.
While commenting on the alleged padding, Na’abba said he expected
that for 16 years of return to democracy, Nigerians would have
understood the responsibilities of the National Assembly.
“For some weeks now, there has been controversy over what is
called padding. As far as I am concerned, the National Assembly has the
responsibility to pass the budget, approve it and allow the executive
arm to execute it.
“According to my understanding, where the issue being referred
to as padding comes into play is a situation where some members go
behind and add items of expenditure to what has already been agreed
upon, for either stealing the funds or doing whatever they feel like
doing with it.
“But, this stealing of fund cannot be possible without the active connivance with some members of the executive arm.
“So far, accusations are being traded amongst members of the
House. No investigation has been conducted. On the call for the
resignation of the Speaker, the question is, what has the Speaker done
to warrant his resignation?,” he queried.
On whether padding was an offence, he said, “It all depends
from what angle you look at it, I just told you that the responsibility
of appropriation belongs to the national assembly.
“If padding is seen as an offence, it is when some members of
the National Assembly decide to add items of expenditure through the
back door after the budget has been passed by both houses. It,
therefore, behoves on Nigerians to decide who represents them in the
national assembly”.
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