Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr.
Frederick Fasehun, has urged President Muhammadu Burhari, to use the money,
which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered from
alleged economic saboteurs, to revamp the Nigerian economy.
Speaking with New Telegraph at Okota, Lagos State,
Fasehun said that the whooping sum of money, recovered by the EFCC, was enough
to resuscitate the dying economy of Nigeria.
Asked if he wasn’t happy with the ongoing
anti-corruption war, Fasehun said: “Anti-corruption war or deceit? What about
those arrested? Where is the money recovered? Nigeria debt is frightening. We
have foreign and local debts and both are frightening. The EFCC recovered a lot
of money, from those that were supposed to have looted the treasury, but where
is the money? Good governance means for the administration to act and let the
citizens know what is going on.”
Decrying the change mantra, Fasehun said that he
sees no way forward in Nigeria. According to him, people were dying every day
of hunger, stressing that Nigerians were too timid to react to the trying
hardship in the country.
His words: “We were told change would come. What is
happening in Nigeria today is the change. Nigerians are too afraid to speak
out. Speaking out is not a crime. Today,
those things that we had for cheap have now disappeared. We don’t know when
those things would return. The first 100 days of this administration was
nothing significant. The president has now spent a year and three months in
office and we’re still waiting for white paper on their first 100 days in
office.”
He said it was sad that those in power, never
listens or take advice.
He added: “We thank God that our president has
stopped travelling for now. When he travelled to 22 countries in 24 months, I
complained. I said Mr. President should stop travelling and govern this
country. Speaking or advising those in power is like speaking to the deaf. Do
they take suggestions? Once you’ve been marked as a critic, nobody listens to
you. Nigerian government misunderstands critics. Critics are essentials and
should be seen as best friends of government.”
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