{"id":75156,"date":"2020-08-02T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75156"},"modified":"2020-08-02T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:11:26","slug":"loans-apologize-to-nigerians-for-jeopardizing-nigerias-sovereignty-atiku-tells-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/loans-apologize-to-nigerians-for-jeopardizing-nigerias-sovereignty-atiku-tells-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Loans: Apologize To Nigerians for jeopardizing Nigeria\u2019s Sovereignty, Atiku Tells Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m8354342972892394822\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">\u00a0Former vice president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Mohammadu Buhari led government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to apologize to Nigerians over reckless loans that can jeopardize the sovereignty of Nigeria<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>Atiku said the President owes Nigerians the admittance of guilt for not taking into serious considerations elements in the loan agreements that can subjugate Nigeria to another country, according to a statement issued by his media office.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads:<\/p>\n<div>Loans: Buhari, APC Owe Nigerians An Apology<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two months ago, the former Vice President of Nigeria and PDP Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar patriotically called the attention of the country to the reality of reckless borrowing by the present APC administration and how the terms of those loans could compromise the future of the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Expectedly, some managers of the party and even the government denied the allegations that he raised and also discount the warning for caution.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But, regrettably, just last week, a cabinet minister confirmed our fears. Now, we all are aware that Nigeria\u2019s sovereignty may have been traded for foreign loans and God forbids our inability to service those loans, the lender country would take ownership of choice infrastructure on the Nigerian soil. No negotiation could be weaker than that!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nigeria had a total foreign debt stock of $7.02 billion on May 29, 2015. Today, our foreign debt is $23 billion and rapidly rising. Debt, by itself, is not a bad thing. But debt budgeted for such unproductive ventures, like the proposed $500 million upgrade of the Nigerian Television Authority and other sundry bogus contracts, is debt that leads to death. To trade Nigeria\u2019s sovereignty for this type of profligacy is the height of irresponsibility!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Atiku Abubakar has long advocated for a more robust engagement of the private sector and promotion of foreign direct investment as sustainable alternatives through which government could fund infrastructure development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But on the contrary, the Nigerian government under the banner of the All Progressives Congress threaded the direction of looking for cheap foreign loans in exchange for the sovereignty for Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recall that former President Olusegun Obasanjo&#8217;s administration initiated a National Privatization Programme with the sole objective of ensuring that the private sector took some measure of influence in social investment portfolio and, in some instances, provided funding for infrastructure development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There was nothing in that plan that traded Nigeria\u2019s sovereignty for some cheap loans which, in the light of unfolding revelations of sleaze in some departments of government, would have ended in private pockets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The government of the day and the APC must apologize to Nigerians and make an admittance of guilt for taking the country through the throes of subjugation to another country.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Former vice president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Mohammadu Buhari led government and the All&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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