The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has accused the administration of President Buhari of sweeping corruption under the carpet.
Senator Sani was reacting to the controversy trailing the recall of ex-pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, who was sacked from the Federal Civil Service in 2013 over corruption allegation running into billions of Naira.
The Senator, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), did not spare the Goodluck Jonathan administration in his remarks.
Sani said while corruption used to be hosted under the Jonathan regime, it is however being swept under the carpet by Buhari’s government.
“Corruption has become a cat with nine lives.It used to be hosted under the shade of an umbrella now it’s swept under the carpet,” Sani said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed on Tuesday that it had launched fresh manhunt against Maina.
The Commission also said it had sealed properties worth $2 million belonging to the fugitive ex-pension chief.
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Sanusi who expressed worries over the manner in which the current administration manages the nation’s economy, said it is unfortunate that the Federal Government seem to have taken over the CBN, instead of allowing it to function independently.
He said, “The CBN-FGN relationship is no longer independent. In fact, one could argue their relationship has become unhealthy,” he said.
The former CBN Governor also revealed that CBN’s lending to the government since Buhari came in had spiked from about N1.5 trillion to over N4.5 trillion.
He said, “CBN claims on the FGN now tops N4.7 trillion — equal to almost 50% of the FGN’s total domestic debt. This is a clear violation of the Central Bank Act of 2007 (Section 38.2) which caps advances to the FGN at 5% of last year’s revenues. Has CBN become the government’s lender of last or first resort?” He questioned.
Speaking further he said, “the problem of the current government is not having the right policies to fix the current economic woes. The past government under which I served as the CBN Governor, had its own problems, but the current government is far from getting it right”.
