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Mr Stanley Nkwocha, media aide to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has said the N15 billion budget for the construction of a new residence for the VP is not a waste of money.
Though, the statement is coming after the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, faulted the proposed N15 billion for the construction of a new residence for Shettima.
The former governor of Anambra State in a statement yesterday while urging the federal government to stop wasteful spending, criticized the proposed N15 billion given the current economic crisis in the country.
But reacting in a statement, Nkwocha said the proposed plan for the construction of the new residence was awarded by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Nkwocha accused Obi of attempting to tarnish Bola Tinubu’s administration, adding that Obi deliberately ignored the project’s history to score political points.
The spokesman highlighted the project’s abandonment for over a decade, revealing the sorry state of the uncompleted building “overtaken by weeds and reptiles.”
According to Nkwocha, the current FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, recognizing the wastefulness of abandoning a project funded by public funds, decided to revive the construction.
He challenged Obi’s characterization of the project as wasteful, urging “more cerebral Nigerians to crosscheck properly” and emphasizing the administration’s commitment to completing vital abandoned projects nationwide.
Nkwocha concluded by stating, “The array of abandoned Federal Government projects littered all over the country is a national embarrassment that the current administration has taken a bold step to save the country from.” He stressed that, completing existing projects remains a priority before initiating new ones, except in cases of strategic alignment or economic significance.
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