The Economic Adviser to the President, Alhaji Tanimu Kurfi, on Tuesday accused officials in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government of launching a propaganda war against the President Umaru Yar’Adua administration over the actual amount spent on the power sector.
Kurfi said the campaign was aimed at presenting a smaller figure as the total amount of money spent by Obasanjo’s government between 1999 and 2007.
Kurfi spoke against the background of a media report that one of Yar’Adua’s aides, Mr. Foluseke Somolu, claimed that only $5.16bn was spent on power by the former government, as against $10bn stated by the President.
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This article addresses the propaganda attacks against President Umaru Yar'Adua. There are allegations that spending has occurred in the government in past administrations which has not been accounted for. There was also "propaganda warfare" by the former administrations against the current administration. This contributes to the corruption that has so consumed Nigeria for so many years.
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