WIKE: USE THE 15BN TO FIX STREET LIGHTS

It will make better sense for the monies (N15bn) that the federal government says it wants to spend to ‘renovate’ the residence of the Vice President to be spent on decaying infrastructure in Abuja. A good first step should be the street lights right in the city centre of Abuja. Presently, it is a matter of misplaced priorities for only one citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to have all of that money spent on ‘renovating’ his residence while our collective home looks like a dark jungle at night. What the federal government should be telling Nigerians is that it wants to contribute to defraying the election expenses of Mr VP rather than to insult our sensibilities to say it wants to build a new residence for the VP with N15 billion. Fix the darkness in Abuja instead of this financial recklessness and mismanagement of public funds.

Bob Etemiku, Abuja