ay, November 6, 2015 Linda Ikeji at 9:51 AM We won’t renege on our promise to pay N5k monthly to unemployed Nigerians – APC

The leadership of APC has released a statement saying
they will not renege on their campaign promise of
paying N5,000 to 25 million unemployed Nigerians. This
comes after the senators from the party voted against
the senate moving a motion in favor of the bill seeking
for Nigerians to be paid N5,000 allowance on November
4th. The statement which was signed by the party's
National Publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed, reads...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured
Nigerians that it will not renege on its campaign
promise to pay 5,000 Naira each monthly to 25
million most vulnerable Nigerians, while calling
on the citizens to ignore the mischievous attempt
by the PDP to confuse and mislead them on this
issue. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by
its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said even though the PDP-
led Federal Government plundered the common
wealth in its time, it (APC) has devised creative
means not only to pay the money but also to
fulfill its other campaign promises to Nigerians. It
said the non-implementation of the payment
policy so far is due to the fact that it was not
included in the 2015 budget, which was prepared
by the PDP-led Jonathan Administration, and
also because of the need to first block all
financial leakages. ”Now, the Buhari
administration has been busy putting into place
measures that will make it possible to start the
implementation of this project. Such measures
include the introduction of the Treasury Single
Account (TSA) ”We are happy to inform Nigerians
that as at the end of September 2015, over 1.4
trillion Naira – which hitherto was lying
unproductively in various commercial banks –
has been recovered and paid into the TSA,” APC
said. The party said that in its usual jumpy and
superficial approach to issues, the irresponsible
opposition has already rushed to judgement on
the issue without bothering to hear from the APC,
which made the promise in the first instance.
”Had the PDP not sacrificed the truth on the altar
of political expediency, it would have realized that
the APC never at any time indicated it has
reneged on its promise to pay 5,000 Naira
monthly to 25 million most vulnerable Nigerians.
In our press statement of Aug. 30th 2015, we still
reiterated our plan to redeem our campaign
promises, including the social security payment
policy, despite the primitive looting of the
treasury under the watch of the PDP. ”It is
therefore astonishing that the same PDP, which is
becoming more and more infamous for its
penchant for peddling half truths and
sensationalizing 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 is 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 is 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.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary All Progressives Congress
(APC) Abuja, Nov. 6th, 2015