Ministers-pay-billions claim was about past governments — APC
The APC has clarified that a chieftain’s claim about ministers paying billions for appointments referred to past governments, not the Tinubu administration Read More: https://punchng.com/ministers-pay-billions-claim-was-about-past-governments-apc/
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims that ministers serving under President Bola Tinubu received billions of naira to secure their appointments. The party's National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, clarified this during an interview on Arise Television's Prime Time. Morka stated that a controversial remark by APC chieftain Alwan Hassan, which alleged that some ministers pay huge sums to obtain government appointments and seek to recover the money after assuming office, was not referring to the current administration but rather to previous ones.
Hassan had made the allegation, but it lacked identifying any specific minister or providing evidence of the purported transactions. The APC spokesman emphasized that the statements made by Hassan were taken out of context and wrongly interpreted as an accusation against Tinubu's administration. He further defended the merit-based appointments under Tinubu, stating that the government's decisions on ministerial positions were based on competency and ability to deliver, rather than financial inducements.
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