Stop giving bailout to State Governments- Lame tells Buhari
Thu Sep 15, 2016 07:40:am National
2.9K By Buchi Obichie
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon by a chieftain of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State and a former Minister of
Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Lame, to stop giving bailout to State
Governments.
Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi on Tuesday, Lame advised the Federal Government to use such money to execute some projects in the states instead.
According to Lame, instead of using the bailout to settle outstanding salaries, the governors diverted the money to other purposes, thereby inflicting hardship on civil servants as a result of irregular payment of their salaries.
As such, he called for the establishment of liaison offices in all states of the federation by the Federal Government so that it could directly carry out projects that would impact positively on the citizens; rather than doling out such money to the Governors whom he alleged pumped half of it into their security votes.
Lame said, "As a President, you are not supposed to give bailouts to states; you are supposed to bail out the economy.
"Let the Governors go and meet their campaign promises. They should look inwards and look for money because there were problems in the economy when he came in.
"So, what the President should have done was to look at which aspect of the economy he should revive."
Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi on Tuesday, Lame advised the Federal Government to use such money to execute some projects in the states instead.
According to Lame, instead of using the bailout to settle outstanding salaries, the governors diverted the money to other purposes, thereby inflicting hardship on civil servants as a result of irregular payment of their salaries.
As such, he called for the establishment of liaison offices in all states of the federation by the Federal Government so that it could directly carry out projects that would impact positively on the citizens; rather than doling out such money to the Governors whom he alleged pumped half of it into their security votes.
Lame said, "As a President, you are not supposed to give bailouts to states; you are supposed to bail out the economy.
"Let the Governors go and meet their campaign promises. They should look inwards and look for money because there were problems in the economy when he came in.
"So, what the President should have done was to look at which aspect of the economy he should revive."
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