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Jonathan tags el-Rufai a liar, says he did not spend N64bn

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Former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has refuted claims by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that he spent N64 billion to organize Nigeria’s independence celebrations for three years.

El-Rufai and Jonathan

In a statement by the Governor, he said Jonathan spent N13 billion in 2011, N15 billion in 2012 and N14 billion in 2013 and N22 billion in 2011, bringing the total to N64 billion.

In a counter statement, Dr. Jonathan denied the claim, saying he only N332.6 million was spent during the three-year period, saying el-Rufai lied deliberately, tagging him favour-seeker.

Jonathan made the statement in Abuja, through his former Minister of National Planning, Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, Jonathan said: “For the record, a breakdown of our anniversary spending between 2012 to 2014 amounted to N332.6 million.

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“We challenge the Office of the Government of the Federation to publish these details for the consumption of the public.

“A breakdown of our spending for this event between 2012 and 2104 goes thus: 2012, N107.6 million; 2013, N45 million and 2014, 180 million. So, the question here is where did the billions, as claimed by el-Rufai, emanate from?”

‘Don’t destroy history’

Dr. Jonathan warned government functionaries to desist from abusing the immunity enjoyed by them by destroying history and trading lies just to earn cheap popularity or curry favour from certain quarters.

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The statement: “It is high time government functionaries desisted from abusing their immunity by destroying history and trading on lies just to gain cheap popularity or curry one favour or the other from certain quarters.

“Perhaps former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was right in his assessment of el-Rufai when he said in his latest memoirs, My Watch, that his vivid recollection of el-Rufai is his penchant for lying, unfair embe-llishment of stories and inability to sustain loyalty for long.

“That exactly is what el-Rufai has done with his ungodly fabrication of lies against Jonathan’s government.

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“One hopes that President Buhari would be on guard against being misled by the likes of el-Rufai, who are hell bent on misinforming Nigerians.”

*Vanguard*

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