Press statement from PDP
Our attention has been drawn to the misleading and outright
falsehood by the APC. The truth is that the NLNG had been on a 10-year tax
haven until 2014. Within this period, successive governments, right from
President Olusegun Obasanjo never shared nor tampered with the cumulative
dividends over the years.
Whatever taxes paid from the NLNG go through the Federal
Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and recorded as part of the income of the
Federal Government.
It is imperative to note that by the end of the tenure of
President Goodluck Jonathan, NLNG dividends had risen to a cumulative
$5.6billion and not a single cent was ever taken from the funds.
Although it is within the rights of the APC administration
to spend the funds in any way they may decide, it is however cruel for them to
inflict on us all such malicious falsehood while the current Presidency without
the benefit of economic advisers and relevant statutory organs of government,
unilaterally decided to deplete the funds without thinking of the attendant
future investments and financial obligations of Nigeria in the NLNG project.
The APC must note that there is a limit to propaganda and
lies. Now is the time for governance and this government has shown total
unpreparedness to face the challenges of governance at the center.
Signed
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
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