Aregbesola Cautions President Jonathan to Curtail Oil Sector Corruption Before Economy Crashes
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to be responsible and stop playing politics with the falling state of Nigeria’s economy.
Governor Aregbesola said this while speaking during an All Progressives Congress campaign in Atakumosa West Local government.
The governor advised the President to curb the issue of oil theft which has caused the loss trillions of Naira, saying the recovered assets should be invested in the development of rural roads all over Nigeria.
He said: “if the barrels of crude oil being alleged to have been stolen daily are blocked and prevented by the PDP controlled Federal government which amount to 1.7 trillion Naira, proceeds from such act could have provided about 2000 kilometers of rural roads across the country.
“Nigerians have never had it this bad in terms of hunger, insecurity, corruption, unemployment among others, the worst of it being the economic recession which made a dollar to exchange for 230 naira from 120 inherited by the Jonathan led administration.
“If the wastages the Federal government is noted for are curtailed, no rural community will not benefit from the proceed from crude oil being stolen daily.
“God in his mercy granted president Goodluck Jonathan the last four years as an economic independence period when crude oil was sold at 100 dollars per barrel, but what did the country witness, abandoned projects including the Alagbado-ota bridge started by Chief Ernest Sonekan ‘s government.”
