The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday charged the National Assembly and security agencies to immediately probe corrupt allegations by the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, against the Social Investment Programme (SIP).
In a statement by its National public Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said:
“The revelation by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, that there is humongous fraud in the N500 billion Social Investment Programme and the N16 billion Mosquito Net Project of the (Muhammadu) Buhari administration” has further vindicated our stance that this government is deceitful and a pretentious citadel of corruption.
The statement stated that “More disheartening is the fact that the said funds were meant for the welfare of the poor, whom Mr. President had always claimed to represent in government.
PDP is bothered that this development has dashed the hope of the poor Nigerians who have been waiting endlessly for the failed social investments promised by President Buhari.
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The PDP stated that “now that the truth had been revealed by no lesser Nigerian than Mr. President’s wife, the National Assembly, and all anti-corruption agencies should immediately commence a forensic investigation into how these funds were dispensed and utilized.
