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According to a report in the punch newspapers, President Jonathan has asked for the return of the 2 trillion Naira used for election. See below.
"Credible sources said that the president has also set up a committee of five to get those with the funds to return them. Sources within the party and government told punch correspondents that President Jonathan was disturbed that despite giving campaign coordinators, ministers, special advisers, close aides and friends, support groups and traditional rulers over N2 trillion in cash, most of them could not deliver their polling booths and local governments.
The President was said to have been further irked by the results of an investigation he ordered. The probe showed that some coordinators used campaign funds to buy very expensive properties, especially in Abuja, and luxury cars. Some of the funds have also been traced to the bank accounts of senior party and government officials who were charged with the disbursement of funds to voters and groups.
A reliable source within the Presidency further noted that some ministers did not get less than N20 billion each. None of them can deny it because this fact isn't hidden within government circles. The only problem with such money is that there is no receipt to show that they collected it. The sad part is that almost all of them performed woefully. Even in the states where the PDP won, some ministers could not deliver 100,000 votes. They could not mobilize their people to come out. The President is not happy. They all went property and car shopping. This was the most expensive election in the history of this country, yet there was no result.
The sad part was that even after the President lost on March 28, more money was given to all of them to make up for the dismal outing by winning their states during the April 11 elections. But that turned out to be a bad decision because apart from losing the governorship election, we didn't perform well at the National Assembly and House of Representatives polls. They must give an account of the money since they didn't use it for the election. The President is not particular about the funds spent on genuine campaign needs like the hiring of jets, advertisements and the rest that also cost billions of Naira. His focus is on the individuals that collected billions to deliver their states but couldn't even win their polling booths."
Looking at such an amount of money being spent on elections only, one would tend to disagree with economic experts that says there is no money in this country. I hope we finally get it right with our monetary policies. I mean N2 trillion Naira on elections, that is quite unimaginable.
"Credible sources said that the president has also set up a committee of five to get those with the funds to return them. Sources within the party and government told punch correspondents that President Jonathan was disturbed that despite giving campaign coordinators, ministers, special advisers, close aides and friends, support groups and traditional rulers over N2 trillion in cash, most of them could not deliver their polling booths and local governments.
The President was said to have been further irked by the results of an investigation he ordered. The probe showed that some coordinators used campaign funds to buy very expensive properties, especially in Abuja, and luxury cars. Some of the funds have also been traced to the bank accounts of senior party and government officials who were charged with the disbursement of funds to voters and groups.
A reliable source within the Presidency further noted that some ministers did not get less than N20 billion each. None of them can deny it because this fact isn't hidden within government circles. The only problem with such money is that there is no receipt to show that they collected it. The sad part is that almost all of them performed woefully. Even in the states where the PDP won, some ministers could not deliver 100,000 votes. They could not mobilize their people to come out. The President is not happy. They all went property and car shopping. This was the most expensive election in the history of this country, yet there was no result.
The sad part was that even after the President lost on March 28, more money was given to all of them to make up for the dismal outing by winning their states during the April 11 elections. But that turned out to be a bad decision because apart from losing the governorship election, we didn't perform well at the National Assembly and House of Representatives polls. They must give an account of the money since they didn't use it for the election. The President is not particular about the funds spent on genuine campaign needs like the hiring of jets, advertisements and the rest that also cost billions of Naira. His focus is on the individuals that collected billions to deliver their states but couldn't even win their polling booths."
Looking at such an amount of money being spent on elections only, one would tend to disagree with economic experts that says there is no money in this country. I hope we finally get it right with our monetary policies. I mean N2 trillion Naira on elections, that is quite unimaginable.
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