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THERE is no going back on the promise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government to pay N5,000 each monthly to 25 million most vulnerable Nigerians. The party assured the nation in a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the party in Abuja on Friday, November 6.
In the statement the APC called Nigerians to ignore the mischievous attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to confuse and mislead them on this issue.
It said even though the PDP-led federal government plundered the common wealth in its time, the current government had devised creative means not only to pay the money but also to fulfil its other campaign promises to Nigerians.
It said the non-implementation of the payment policy so far was due largely to the fact that it was not included in the 2015 budget, which was prepared by the former administration led by former President Goodluck Jonathan and also because of the need to first block all financial leakages.
The party said: ”It is, therefore, astonishing that the same PDP, which is becoming more and more infamous for its penchant for peddling half truths and sensationalising every issue, will rush to the press to celebrate the figment of its imagination that the APC will not fulfill its campaign promise regarding the payment,” it said.
The APC said the Buhari administration was also embarking on a massive infrastructure renewal programme in the areas of roads, rail and power, for which a 2.5-billion-dollar Infrastructure Fund was being put in place.
”Contrary to the disinformation being peddled by the PDP, the Buhari administration is poised to lift millions of Nigerians out of extreme poverty by providing social protection and safety nets with another 2.5 trillion Naira Special Intervention Fund,” the party said.
— Nov 16, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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