Jonathan’s Govt ‘Won Gold Medal’ In Corruption – Tinubu

The National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has criticised the Goodluck Jonathan government for allegedly turning “public treasury” into a “private hedge fund”.

Tinubu said right under Jonathan’s watch, monies that would been used to develop the country ran away “faster than Usain Bolt”.

The former Lagos state governor, who spoke during a book launch at the State House, said the manner with which monies were allegedly misspent under the immediate past administration could “cause the devil to blush”.

He made the statement while delivering his keynote speech at the launch of the book titled “Making Steady, Sustainable Progressive for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A mid-term scorecard on the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration”.

“The prior government used the public treasury as a private hedge fund or a charity that limited its giving only to themselves,” Tinubu said.

“So much money grew feet and ran away faster than Usain Bolt ever could. That which could have been spent on national development was squandered in ways that would cause the devil to blush.

“One minister and her rogues’ gallery picked the pocket of this nation for billions of dollars. While poor at governance, these people could give a master thief lessons in the sleight of hand. In governance, they earned a red card but in corruption, they won the gold medal.

“It was not that our institutions had become infected by corruption. Corruption has become institutionalised”.

“We have much to do to combat this disease. Not only must we track down the takers. In the long term, we must review the salaries of public servants and create universal credits for our people to reduce temptation,” he said.