Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy
My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a β¦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.
We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over β¦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.
The β¦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.
The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over β¦2.13 billion.
It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over β¦75 billion in savings we left behind.
If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO
People will say Iβm lying but the amount of Nigerians who grab my wrist to look at my tattoo, then get confused because they thought Nigeria was in the center of Africa... its actually very concerning ππ Mind you, this is essentially my tattoo:
Dolly Parton on why her husband never wanted to be seen in public with her and how she knew to keep his life private.
βMy husband did not want to be out there. He never did an interview in his life.
When I first got here, I won Song of the Year and won my award in 1966, the year we got married. I wanted him to go with me, so he rented a tuxedo. I begged him to go.
When we were leaving, he started taking off the jacket and said, βNow, I want you to do great, but donβt you ever ask me to go to another one of these damn things, βcause I ainβt going.β
And he never did.
I knew right then that I was just gonna keep him private as best I could. Never ask him to do nothing, and certainly he wasnβt gonna volunteer.
He was very proud of me, of course, but we got along great because we didnβt have nothing to fight over like that.β
@legal_padi I'm not sure how keeping people waiting for hours is a test of grit and not a lack of respect for the person's time. What's the benefit? How does this help a person who is probably at his/her mental limit? Especially being in Nigeria