PDP expresses shock over Osinbajo’s claim, says no evidence N1.3trn spent on capital projects

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to provide clarification on how the federal government spent N1.3 trillion on capital projects in 2016 without anything to show for it.

Osinbajo had on Monday, during a plenary of the 2017 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national conference in Lagos moderated by Miss Zain Asher, a CNN news anchor, said that the Federal Government in 2016 spent N1.3 trillion on capital projects, the first time in Nigeria’s history.

But reacting to the statement on a series of tweets on its twitter handle, the PDP said it was alarming that such an amount could be spent without anything to show for it.

The party added that the APC government has been unable to do anything in the area of infrastructure since assuming office two and half years ago.

The party tweeted, “We are alarmed and highly bewildered to hear from VP @ProfOsinbajo that N1.3 trillion was spent on capital projects in 2016!

Read also: OSINBAJO: FG spent N1.3trn on capital projects in 2016

“N1.3 trillion on capital projects and nothing to show for it is unacceptable. Should we assume the VP @ProfOsinbajo was misquoted?

“Apart from the infrastructures handed over to the @APCNigeria led govt by PDP, nothing has been done in the last 2 1/2 years

“We believe the VP @ProfOsinbajo will provide clarifications on how the N1.3tr was spent on Capital Projects in 2016.”

 

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