Kí ni ète owó ìwọlé ìjọba tó pọ̀ jù rí tẹ́lẹ̀ bí oúnjẹ, ọkọ̀ àti iná mọ̀nàmọ́ná bá ṣì wà ní àjòjì fún rírà?
Mo ti sọ pé ìdánwò gidi kì í ṣe iye owó tí a kéde lẹ́yìn ìpàdé FAAC, bí kò ṣe ohun tí àwọn ìpín owó yẹn lè ra ní gidi gan-an àti àwọn ojúṣe tí wọ́n lè mú ṣẹ. Ìjọba kò gbọ́dọ̀ di ọlọ́rọ̀ sí i lórí bébà nígbà tí ìwọ ń di tálákà sí i ní ìjà gidi. Bí FAAC bá ń gbilẹ̀ ní òtítọ́, ìgbilẹ̀ yẹn gbọ́dọ̀ hàn nínú owó oúnjẹ, nínú ọ̀nà ọkọ̀, nínú iná mànàmáná, ìtọ́jú ìlera, ilé, àti iṣẹ́, àti nínú agbára rírà ti owó oṣù rẹ.
Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.
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Government counts the naira but conveniently refuses to count what the naira can buy.”
Atiku said the proper test of an economy is therefore not the size of the figures announced after FAAC meetings, but what those allocations can actually purchase and what obligations they are capable of meeting. “If FAAC is truly booming, then where is the boom? Where is it in the price of food? Where is it in transport? Where is it in electricity, healthcare, housing and jobs? Where is it in the purchasing power of salaries? Government cannot become richer on paper while the people become poorer in reality and then expect Nigerians to applaud the contradiction.”
He said the contradiction becomes even more glaring when the debts still carried by states are placed beside claims of unprecedented revenue.