PDP says Osinbajo misleading Nigerians about government’s debt

by Ranti Joseph

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) doesn’t share the same view on the amount of debt Jonathan is leaving behind and has accused the Vice President-elect, Yemi Osinbajo, of misleading the public regarding the actual debt owed by the Federal Government.

In a statement issued on Monday by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, it said Osinbajo’s action was an attempt by the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) to discredit the PDP led Federal Government stating that Osinbajo failed to be “bold and honest enough” to also inform the nation that the bulk of the $63.7 billion total debt was incurred by APC states.

“It is indeed unfortunate that the Vice President-elect who has the details of the debt stock chose to be economical with the truth and to mislead Nigerians just to discredit the current PDP-led administration and rationalize APC’s unpreparedness for governance.

“Prof. Osinbajo is aware that the $63.7 billion is made up of external and domestic debts belonging not only to the federal government but to federal and state governments and accumulating since the 1960s, yet he deliberately misrepresented the facts to give the unsuspecting public the impression that the amount was exclusively incurred by the current federal government.

“Perhaps the Vice President-elect avoided the details so as not to expose the fact that the APC controlled Lagos State has the highest external debt stock of $1,169, billion as well as the highest domestic debt stock of N278, 867 billion.

“Furthermore we find it unacceptable and unstatesmanly for the Vice President-elect to attempt to mislead Nigerians into believing that the total federal debt component was accumulated under the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, when it is on record that a greater chunk of the amount was inherited,” PDP said.

According to the Nation, APC explained that part of the contemporary borrowing from the domestic bond market was occasioned by the global economic and financial crisis, as well as the downturn in crude oil revenue, which adversely affected other economies of the world.

It asked if the APC and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, did not know about the economic challenges caused by the dwindling oil revenues before making their bogus promises to Nigerians.

“The APC must fulfill its promises for which Nigerians voted for them. Were they not aware of the debt stock and the dwindling oil revenues before making their huge promises to the people? Were the promises only intended as carrots to mislead the people and deceitfully win their votes after which they are dumped?” the statement added.

Comments (2)

  1. Is very unfortunate that apc always adopt politics of black mail and castigation,I expect Osinbajo as a pastor to introduce politics of fairness and truth,not to induge in this politics of pull him down,bitterness and acrimony,Osinbajo supose to set a standerd in Nigeria politics as a pastor but suprisingly revarse is the case.

    1. @pst Duruji…How sure are you of the pdp stance in this matter before passing judgment on the vp elect? Don’t even bring up d sentiments of vp being a pastor to discredit him…we also don’t know how you’re pastoring..pdp were losing election already when the votes were being counted…they came out to tell us they were winning…it would be wise not to take any word they say till its proven…these people are paid to front n defend their party by crook and means

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