Báwo ni o ṣe máa rí dájú pé a kò kàn bèèrè ìbọ̀wọ̀ fún ìlànà ìnáwó lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìlú lásán nìkan?
Mo gbàgbọ́ pé ìjọba gbọ́dọ̀ dáwọ́ dídánwò pé ìbáwí ètò ìnáwó máa ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ nígbà tí a bá ní kí àwọn ará Nàìjíríà lásán rúbọ nìkan. Ìnáwó ìjọba, àwọn àpẹrẹ orí owó-orí, àwọn ìyọ́nda àti àdádọ̀ orí àkójọpọ̀ ẹrù, àwọn ìdásílẹ̀ owó-orí, àwọn iṣẹ́ àṣekáàkiri, àti àwọn iṣẹ́ tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀ gbọ́dọ̀ dojúkọ ìṣàyẹ̀wò kan náà. Ó yẹ kí a ṣàyẹ̀wò àpà-nù ní gbogbo ibi, kì í ṣe àwọn agbègbè tí ó kan ọ́ fúnra rẹ nìkan.
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.