Kí ni ó túmọ̀ sí fún ọ nígbà tí ìjọba bá sọ pé ó ní owó ìwọlé tó pọ̀ jù rí tẹ́lẹ̀?
Owó tí ó wọlé tí ó sì wà nínú ìwé akáǹtì ìjọba kìí ṣe àṣeyọrí fúnra rẹ̀. Ohun tí ó ṣe pàtàkì fún mi ni ohun tí owó yẹn ní ṣe tí ó ra, àwọn gbèsè tí ó san, àwọn amáyédẹrùn tí ó fi lélẹ̀, àti bí ó ṣe mú ìgbé ayé rẹ sunwọ̀n sí i. Kékeré ni ìtumọ̀ ìgbélárugẹ owó tí ó wọlé bí àwọn gbèsè bá ṣì pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀, tí ìwọ kò sì lè rí ìtẹ̀síwájú gidi nínú ìwọ̀n ìgbé ayé 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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“What is the purpose of a revenue boom if liabilities remain enormous? What is the meaning of record allocations if governments continue borrowing and citizens cannot see a corresponding improvement in their standard of living? Revenue is not an achievement merely because it enters a government account. The achievement is what that revenue buys, what debts it settles, what infrastructure it delivers and how much better it makes the lives of the people.”
Atiku said the administration must also stop pretending that fiscal discipline begins only when ordinary Nigerians require relief, insisting that government expenditure, tax concessions, import waivers, revenue exemptions, duplicated projects, abandoned projects and other areas of potential waste must be subjected to the same scrutiny.