Immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has denied claims by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that his administration spent N64 billion to organize Nigeria’s independence celebrations for three years.
According to the governor, Jonathan spent N13 billion in 2011, N15 billion in 2012 and N14 billion in 2013 and N22 billion in 2011, bringing the total to N64 billion.
However, Jonathan denied the claim, saying only N332.6 million was spent during the three-year period and chided el-Rufai for deliberately lying to confuse the public and give his administration a bad name.
Jonathan, who responded to the allegation yesterday, described the huge figure as figment of el-Rufai’s imagination and a fabricated lie by a favour-seeker.
In a statement in Abuja, through his former Minister of National Planning, Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, Jonathan said: “For the record, a breakdown of our anniversary spending between 2012 to 2014 amounted to N332.6 million.
“We challenge the Office of the Government of the Federation to publish these details for the consumption of the public.
“A breakdown of our spending for this event between 2012 and 2104 goes thus: 2012, N107.6 million; 2013, N45 million and 2014, 180 million. So, the question here is where did the billions, as claimed by el-Rufai, emanate from?”
The former President said though he did not have the figures for 2010 and 2011, expenditure for the two years fell within the threshold of what was spent in the last three years and there was no attempt to overspend the country’s resources as claimed by the governor.
He said his administration never budgeted nor spent the outrageous amount alleged by el-Rufai and pointed out that the increment in the 2010 celebration budget was due to the fact that the nation celebrated its golden anniversary that year.
Jonathan also explained that the increase in the 2013 anniversary spending to N174.8 million was due to the incorporation of the National Honours Award Investiture into the event, making it a two-in-one celebration, which was actually done in 2014.
‘Don’t destroy history’
The former President warned government functionaries to desist from abusing the immunity enjoyed by them by destroying history and trading lies just to earn cheap popularity or curry favour from certain quarters.
He said: “It is high time government functionaries desisted from abusing their immunity by destroying history and trading on lies just to gain cheap popularity or curry one favour or the other from certain quarters.
“Perhaps former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was right in his assessment of el-Rufai when he said in his latest memoirs, My Watch, that his vivid recollection of el-Rufai is his penchant for lying, unfair embe-llishment of stories and inability to sustain loyalty for long.
“That exactly is what el-Rufai has done with his ungodly fabrication of lies against Jonathan’s government.
“One hopes that President Buhari would be on guard against being misled by the likes of el-Rufai, who are hell bent on misinforming Nigerians.”
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......Even the amount Jonathan mentioned is still too much to be spent.He should stop making matters worse
My jona,I cnt wait to read the book u are writting. Dnt just know how bubu won. All the money d idiotic politicians stole,dem don add dem all up put ontop ur head,dnt mind dem.
ReplyDeleteThey frustrated out of d sit with bokoharam bombing.
Stella they have picked up omokore in paris
DeleteShut up anony, badluck Jonathan is a thief.
DeleteThey haver arrested omokore
DeleteWhat about Mr Aluko ?
DeleteYaaaay Rufai my governor, Jonathan should just pin before he'd get himself in more trouble while trying to clear is his name because really his administration wasted a lot of the economy's resources.
ReplyDeleteEwu awusa like you, you are really high on DOPE as your name implies. If I give you word now your mama go disown you
DeleteThey should give us the amount they spent in 2010. I witnessed the 2010 50th anniversary celebration. Billions was spent on that alone.
DeleteWhy should he pin? So you wil keep quiet if lies are spewed against u?
DeleteThis present administration is just witch hunting without proofs or facts.
And why is the searchlight only on the past administration? Jonathan's administration inherited corruption so they should start from the first set.
Anyways, everybody has a right to respond and he should be allowed to do so.
And pls can APC just face the work at hand and leave propaganda alone.
Don't mind that thief.
DeleteAccountability and indiscretion is what finished them. Nonetheless I think Rufai likes exaggerating
DeleteSeriously
ReplyDeleteThe way they keep calling this amount, u will think it's just 10000. NA wa o. And we the masses are suffering and smiling.
DeleteOga Jona, u lie! Fafafoul foul! All the money u and aunty Patie were busy sharing, now u are dening, eh kwa? Ok continu. El rural, am with you on this. Jona was never Judicious in spending ho ha.
Delete*denying
DeleteGEJ never disappoints!
DeleteThey don't have the figures for 2010 and 2011 but the increment in 2010 was due to the Nation's Golden Jubilee?
How then was the increment measured?
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DeleteStella abeg make we hear word. How's that much different from what buhari spent. Instead of u to castigate elrufai's lies, u are here saying it's still too much. Divide Dat figure by 3 and see whether it's not just slightly above what buhari spent.
ReplyDeleteYou see nothing wrong with elrufai's lies, ur own is to still be chiding Jonathan. Abeg oh.
El-Rufai, God don catch u. Ur lies will catch up with u one day. Senseless aboki.
Senseless eka joy
DeleteU can be stupid sometimes but I still like you.
Delete'Divide Dat figure by 3 and see whether it's not just slightly above what buhari spent.'
DeleteI can't believe this statement made sense to you.
A very nice and well articulated response.
ReplyDeleteEl rufai should first of all,address the allegation that he corruptly enriched himself when he was the FCT minister and also during his tenure as the NCP chairman.
A newspaper had alleged that El rufai declared a total asset of N90B.He denied it .and promised to take the newspaper to court. He is yet to do that after 7 months.
Articulated response???
DeletePlease go back and read very well and assimilate.
Ah! Werey n ke.
DeleteNtoor gi.
Body still dey pepper you.
Your rant ends on this blog. If them born you and your likes here well, carry placards.
Sunshine, are you in love with moneymaker?
DeleteYou are always on his case.
You should learn to ignore him. I stopped taking him seriously a long time ago.
His comments makes me laugh nowadays.
I know one of you is absolutely lying
ReplyDelete*Larry was here*
As in eh,see him calling 333million like ts 20k.
ReplyDeleteJonathan should do himself a favour and stay out of d media for gud. Unless he wants buhari to be reminded bout probing him
ELENA you need to go back to your parents for proper raising. There's FOI why not go investigate who is truthful and who is telling lies
DeleteStella, the issue here is why should El rufai be lying Korokoro against this man. It seems everybody is hell bent on distorting what is left of Jonathan and that is unfair especially when it is deliberately done to uplift one over the other. I no be pdp or apc or any other party member oo. Just saying
ReplyDeleteGerrout olodo, do you know what badluck Jonathan did to this country? I'm sure you're one broke ass youth.
Delete333m for 3years? Abeg that is still too much. By the way El-rufia should keep quiet and face his job as a Governor.
ReplyDeleteLol
ReplyDeleteMe am tired of all these stories. Pls el rufai should publish proof
Akuko uwa
ReplyDeleteGEJ should just keep mute and enjoy his peaceful post-govt rest haba
ReplyDeleteOga Jona & his goons have always been livijg in self-denial & lies since the days of Eve. Not that I was expecting him to own up anyway. I guess that's why they're all poliTRICKcians!!!
ReplyDeleteGhanaman signing out!!!
I knew el rufai was lying
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
Iti mpataka.
DeleteThis NGALANGA of a person is such an idiot and. Fool
DeleteDon't mind the man jor
ReplyDeleteHow is he making matters worse? By telling y'all the truth? What is 333M compared to the 64B Hell rufai mentioned? If one must tell a lie,atleast be closer to the truth.
ReplyDeleteHell rufai had better watch it before his lies consumes that evil mind of his.
It's obvious you don't read before commenting. Why didn't they give u figure for 2010?
Deletewww.thenigerianvoice.com/news/29338/1/senators-kick-against-n10bn-budget-for-50th-annive.html
They baked anniversary cake then and said everyone will taste out of it. Only that cake cost millions. I was at eagle square that day. I didn't even see the cake talk less of tasting.
Read and leave sentiments out of it madam.
You that read before commenting clap for yourself mama.
DeleteStella, please free Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteIs el-rufia's hands clean?
Pot calling kettle black.....no nigeria politician is clean.
Don't gamble with nigeria politics
If you know that no 'nigeria politician' is clean, why then are you a die hard GEJ fan?
DeleteElrufai only helped him made it multiples in geometric progression,no difference!
ReplyDeleteSo now dis is d truth Oga Jona abi?and u still indicted urself?lol!haba BabaJ,i tot leaving the hot seat would have made it easier for u to be more calculative.
Don't forget that Abati is no longer his spokesman. And I wonder where FFK is, at this moment in time. Eheh
DeleteFFK is too busy composing poetry to his new babe.
DeleteAll this? God help our country.
ReplyDeleteAll this? God help our country.
ReplyDeleteOga jona take your time o. “The former President said though he did not have the figures for 2010 and 2011, expenditure for the two years fell within the threshold of what was spent in the last three years.” In actual fact it’s on record that your government did indeed spend billions for the 2010 celebration. The late Yar’Adua had budgeted N62 million, but when you came in, una inflate am to 10 billion, which was later reduced to 6.2 billion after senate force una to reduce am. This is FACT which is on record, so which one you dey come yarn for here? If you fit lie for this one, surely all others years are questionable. What are talking FACTS here not tales by moonlight.
ReplyDeletehttp://transparencyng.com/news/23-business-and-economy/1215-jonathan-presents-n6398bn-supplementary-budget-.html
Thanks joor, thief jonathan and is failed party can liar. I thank GOD for saving us from their greedy govt
DeleteGod bless you.
DeleteI wonder why people especially blog visitors refuse to research.
They feel good swallowing any lie being spewed forth by Jonathan.
Instead of them to keep quiet, they keep showing their ignorant selves.
God bless you!
DeleteWhen someone tell too many lies, they tend to forget the truth and keep roping themselves in.
ReplyDeleteEven the whole report contradicts.
They initially claim they dont have a figure for 2010, but then pointed out that the increment in the 2010 celebration budget was due to the fact that the nation celebrated its golden anniversary that year.
The figure for 2013 was N45 million according to them but down in the report, Jonathan also explained that the increase in the 2013 anniversary spending to N174.8 million was due to the incorporation of the National Honours Award Investiture.
Please who writes all these rubbish for them?
We have permanently blind bats here.
DeleteEven with the truth punching their faces mercilessly.
They have given Myopia a new meaning. Awon omo ale.
Don't mind them. Most BV's just cloud their selves with sentiments and refuse to read and understand
DeleteWhatever. They should leave jonathan alone. Simple
ReplyDeleteYeah birds of same feather, you are part of the problems Nigeria has.Jonathan was too corrupt mehn.
DeleteWhatevet. They should leave him alone. He peacefully gave way for baba go slow so let him work and stop travelling up and down like aturu na enweghi onye nche.
DeleteHe didn't peacefully give way. It was his duty to to leave because he had been voted out.
DeleteAsslickers!
ReplyDeleteThis guy should just chill, no body holy pass abeg.
ReplyDeleteIt is not too much to be spent ,at least his regime money flowed .right now as we sPeak there is no money,2016 will be disastrous for a lot of people .i have always known that El Rufai is a liar,he wants to be president in 2019,from an insider ,learnt he now acts like the Vice President ,Osibanjo has been sidelined big time .el Rufai is now in charge and Buhari feel at him and more comfortable with him.there is no money now ,in 2016 a lot of people are going to regret the sai baba slogan:
ReplyDeleteSame bastard wailing about free money.
DeleteYou must be a bastard.
Get your rocky butt up and work hard. Idiot.
Who wan trust a Yoruba man? Oyo is the person's name.
DeleteWho wan trust a Yoruba man? Oyo is the person's name.
DeleteFor where? President of which country? Perhaps animal farm. Napoleon things.
DeleteAbout regretting in 2016. All I know is that there would be NO frivolous spending like the past. All those ministers and other government appointees will work their asses off this time. Every penny paid them will be utilized to the letter. No yafun yafun.. abuja will be as dry as the desert. Market don finish...time for serious work
Sunshine you and your entire family are bastards ,I am sure you lack home training ,show your face in this blog let us see you ,smelling pig with sores from chlaymidia all over your thighs
DeleteSunshine and her rally pussy calling someone a bastard.you wrote it on your profile that you are not normal I suggest you take abgor to become normal,take your rotten pussy and clean it up before you write here
DeleteSo each year he spent N111m each year.
ReplyDelete333M for what ?just to celebrate independence na wa o.all naija leaders are thieves i wish we didnt have independence white folks by now for don turn naija to jand smh.
ReplyDeleteNa them sabi.
ReplyDeleteThis El rufai na bastard of the year.......don't take ur stupidity toy GEJ, even if he spent such amount so fcuking wot, he was the fcuking president then and there is no law specifying a certain amount to be spent........let the man chill
ReplyDeleteAnd you came here to beg for money to get a new phone.
DeleteIf the economy was good and things were going fine for you and your people, would you turn to a daylight bambiala?
No law specifying the amount to spend? Omo ale apari.
Keep contradicting yourself.
This is the reason why you are still jobless
DeleteThis El rufai na bastard of the year.......don't take ur stupidity toy GEJ, even if he spent such amount so fcuking wot, he was the fcuking president then and there is no law specifying a certain amount to be spent........let the man chill
ReplyDeleteIf there is sumthing I can say. U don't think much b4 u post. U just write without thinking. U r a man ooo,if na woman dey talk anyhow its better than a man. No go talk for wrong place anyhow. That being said,Stella is good as Jona came to defend himself b4 dem go dey add deir own stolen wealth to his own. El rufia abeg stop talking too much. B4 u will lie d one dt wld put u in trouble.
DeleteHnmmm N333M for what? The 'green white green' cakes made on that day and decorations or what? They mention money in millions like its just nothing. God dey.
ReplyDeleteStella lool
ReplyDeleteThis is the reason why the figure for 2010 was missing. The outrageous amount was too big for them to quote.
ReplyDeletewww.thenigerianvoice.com/news/29338/1/senators-kick-against-n10bn-budget-for-50th-annive.html
Even the anniversary cake reportedly cost 75 million naira. A cake that nobody ate.
Yes oooooo. U get it right. Bunch of thieves
DeleteWhich cake? Na wa o. 75M?? Na diamond dem take do the fondant? I give up.
DeleteGod will bless your brain
DeleteGEJ is denying things now for fear of being locked up.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha the guy is pissing himself at the moment.
Jolly good.
Whoever wrote this rubbish should be sent to work for Kim Jong. Such a foolish liar that should be sent to the gallows.
ReplyDeleteHow much was spent on the cake again? How much was Shakira paid gaan? Check those two alone, e don pass the money wey this liar quote here. These people really think we no get sense sha.
Flakkie you stink,go and brush before spewing thrash,Congolese monkey
DeletePpl talk too much dis days. Can u guys hear all your replies? Av u ever hear Obama calling ex president Bush, or Clinton names? Does it mean they didn't do anything wrong during dia tenure? Presidents that work don't spend dia time calling out ex presidents, they find a way to use what is on ground to better the country by creating more opportunities. Nigerians should wise up and stop living dia lives on media, n focus on realities.
ReplyDelete@chidinma Grace tnk u for this! Haba he should start working with the Money on ground nd stop giving Excuse.
Deletelet jonathan be wicked el rufai
ReplyDeleteHahahahahah Jonathan implicating himself the more. Even kinder -garten kid knows you are lying. Same lies your kept telling us the past years, please don't further embrace yourself. You spent 332million in the years or you mean to say in 3 hours? A government known for waste of our common resource. Government known for sharing gold iphones? Government known for sipping hand into government account without approval. Am sure you will be shaking the past days as your madam was arrested. America and UK government are watching your movement aswell. Your immunity stop as soon as you cross Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteEmbarrass*
DeleteBut he is in London since nah. Blogs turning people to brainless experts smh.
DeleteGEJ, time will tell. We shall see if you're being truthful or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteNice one. My mouth was wide open after reading old post....... Dis blog is like a business centre to some hissssssds!
ReplyDeleteBuhari is advocating for change yet he spent 74 million on the independence celebration, WHY??? did he didn't give any national award to anybody?
ReplyDeletewe can criticize Jonathan all we want and yes, he deserves it but 74 million is stilk too much for a dying economy.
Jus negodu *rme*
ReplyDeleteWhat about d goldplated iphones tht were given out as fgidts tht cost 631 million naira nko? On iphones alone? Liar
ReplyDeleteYinmu!
ReplyDeleteBaba is coming for u......watchout!