You Lack The Moral Integrity To Pass Judgement On President Jonathan, Okupe Blasts Buhari

The Presidency has reacted to recent statement made by a campaign group to Buhari suggesting to president Jonathan to channel the N21 billion he received from donors into the electricity sector in the country.

According to The PUNCH, the Presidency through the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the group lacked integrity to condemn the donation.

Okupe, who spoke with one of our correspondents on the telephone added, "We knew before and everyday that the so-called Buhari group is not a serious organisation. It is made up of power-mongers with no clear objective programmes for the country.

"They have perfected the act of deception and glorified falsehood. That's why they will say Buhari doesn't have N1m in his account and he wants to go into a national campaign.

"He wants to get the money for campaign from corrupt politicians and people of questionable character."

Okupe said   what happened at the Presidential Villa on Saturday was normal and done everywhere in the world.

He said, "What we did is done everywhere in the world. What we did was in the open and it was in a transparent manner.

"We know for a fact that Buhari's funds will come from dubious sources, including corrupt governors."

On why the President would collect donations from governors, some of whom are still owing civil servants in their states , Okupe said it was a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

He said, "Buhari was sponsored for the APC primary by Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who unashamedly brought the treasury of the state to Lagos.

"Yet, he has not paid teachers in the state for about eight months. APC should stop this pretence and put their house in order. Nigerians are tired of their propaganda."

On the call by the BSG that the N21bn donation be spent on the power sector, Okupe disagreed, saying that the nation did not lack money to prosecute its power programmes.

The presidential aide said, "The power road map, the first of its kind in this country, is being pursued diligently and efficiently and it is being funded legitimately through the budget for the purpose of accountability.

"The nation does not lack funds for this."
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