The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has queried President Bola Tinubu over an “over-bloated” delegation of 1,411 individuals to the Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
According to the PDP, this incidence is a further validation that “the Tinubu-led APC administration is wasteful, frivolous and reckless in the application of the scarce resources of the nation, especially at a time when Nigerians are yearning for prudent management of resources to achieve the desired infrastructural regeneration, job creation and revamping of the economy”.
In its communique on Sunday, December 3rd, the opposition party said it does not buy the attempt by the Presidency to rationalize the “over-bloated” delegation by trying to hide under genuine sub-national officials, businesses, journalists and Civil societies who are travelling at their own expense to cover the baggage of cronies, mistresses and other hangers-on associated with the Presidency who are reportedly attending at government’s expense and have no relevance whatsoever at the Conference.
The PDP through its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, called on the National Assembly, pursuant to its Constitutional duty under Section 88 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) which empowers it to investigate and expose corruption by any organ of Government, to immediately commence investigation into “this embarrassing revelation” and impose appropriate sanction on anyone or Institution found culpable in that regard.
The Party also demanded that President Tinubu should be ready to refund any Federal Government fund improperly spent to sponsor any individual who has no relevance at the Conference, noting that such funds should be channeled to projects that have direct bearing on the wellbeing of Nigerians.
