Sell Private Jets To Avoid Buhari’s Probe - Oshiomhole

Following reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, has begun blocking financial leakages in the country’s economy, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has issued a warning to public officers and politicians.

Speaking on Friday, July 3, at a public lecture titled “Labour and the Nigerian Economy:What needs to be done”, held at the University of Port Harcourt, Oshiomhole advised public officers and politicians to get rid of their private jets so as to avoid President Buhari’s probe, Vanguard reports.

He, however, blamed the Nigerian Labour Congress for its failure to call politicians to order in the face of the country’s current falling economy.

According to him, it is unfair that Senators could earn an annual salary of about N200 million when the lowest grade worker earned a paltry N18,000 monthly as minimum wage or N216,000 as annual salary.

“How NLC has kept quiet and allowed Senators allocate to themselves annual income of N200 to N300 million both as basic salaries and bogus allowances combined baffles me,”  he queried.

He added that businessmen, who connived with some officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation to defraud the nation through subsidy claims would be probed.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole and President Muhammadu Buhari

He said: “Few people (in Nigeria) are taking away so much wealth, while majority of the people are going home with almost nothing.

“A clear example is when you arrive at the private wing of the airport in Abuja; you will find more than 40 to 50 private jets parked there in one airport alone.

“The question is what sources do these private jet owners get their wealth from; and which businesses do they run to acquire this luxurious lifestyle.

“You find a young man who has connection with state-owned NNPC, which is suppose to work for the interest of Nigeria, corruptly work for only the interest of few persons.”

He, however, noted that the Buhari-led administration is already making moves to rid the nation of these corrupt officials and institutions.

“Very soon, those who maintain luxurious assets and private jets will begin to sell them because they will no longer be able to maintain them.

“The sources of procurement of these ill-gotten wealth by these people is currently being disconnected and more will be disconnected in the few days and in the coming weeks,”  he said.

Meanwhile, Governor Oshiomhole has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari.