Okupe Flaws APC on N21b Jonathan's Campaign Donation

Its has been an issue of attack and counter attack by the major political party's agents in Nigeria.
Doyin Okupe ,the special assistant to the president Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs issued a statement on behalf of the president clearing the air on the APC's condemnation of the campaign donations made for PDP's 2015 electioneering campaigns.

"Even though we have always known them to be a party with no clear directions, we never thought they could descend so low in exhibiting clear mischief and folly on a critical national issue.


"We wish to reiterate that this government and the PDP will not engage in a dubious practice of collecting money from private individuals and corporate organisations for a purpose only to divert such money to other purposes.

"For the avoidance of doubt, the power reform programme initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan is not run on a knee-jack finance arrangement. It is a properly envisioned road map which is being diligently executed in line with best global practices.

"The power reform programme is being funded through our National budgets and a Foreign Direct investments running into several billion of dollars.

"Reputable global player such as the General Electric is investing over a billion dollars into the generation component of the sector. Nigeria is not a beggar nation and it will not be one under the Jonathan presidency. The accusation that the PDP governors who donated money at the event have not paid civil servants salaries in their states is largely untrue and mischievous.

"We want to believe that the APC probably has it’s own Gov Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state in mind when it made this accusation because it is on record that despite being the major financier of the Buhari campaign, this is the governor who has not paid 13,000 teachers their salaries in the last 8 months!".