Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said former president Olusegun Obasanjo was acting the script of the opposition, by his attack on the present administration.
Obasanjo had in his state of the nation
address on Sunday described Trade Moni, a scheme under Osinbajo’s as
“outrightly idiotic.”
Osinbajo in a statement by his media, Mr.
Laolu Akande said Trader Moni was designed to meet the need of the
larger population of petty traders in the country.
“Being a
former president, Chief Obasanjo ordinarily should appreciate the impact
of such far reaching social investment schemes, which has provided what
is now the largest social safety net for millions of Nigerians, and is
unprecedented in the nation’s history.
“Again, the former
president’s attack on TraderMoni and the person of the Vice President is
an indicator that he may be wittingly or unwittingly playing to the
sinister script of the opposition party to spread falsehood and attack
the social investment programmes of the Buhari administration which
champions such impactful schemes, and which is now attracting the praise
and commendation of Nigerians everywhere.
“It is pertinent to
state that the false allegations against TraderMoni raised again by the
former president is sadly a rehash of baseless claims previously made by
leading chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, whose
record of profligacy, corruption and mismanagement clearly show it has
no agenda to uplift the common man or improve the lives of Nigerians.
“Finally,
attacks such as this on a scheme that benefits the masses of our people
is a direct attack on the people and this kind of conduct does not
reflect very well on a former president, but is only self-denigrating
and of no public value. As is already now obvious, the generality of the
Nigerian people will not only reject that attack, but will also condemn
its source.” he said.
He urged the former president to be far more circumspect and more public-spirited in his utterances going forward.
Source:- Dailytrustng
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