TUC wants ex-President questioned

Trade Union Congress (TUC)has said former
President Goodluck Jonathan could be invited
to explain how the controversial $2.1 billion
arms money was spent.
The position of the Congress is hinged on the
recent statement credited to the ex-president
that former National Security Adviser (NSA)
Sambo Dasuki could not have
misappropriated the money.
Jonathan expressed his position when he
responded to questions after his lecture on
Youth Entrepreneurship at the famous Oxford
Union in the United Kingdom.
He said: “They said the National Security
Adviser (Sambo Dasuki) stole $2.1 billion. I
don’t believe somebody can just steal $2.1
billion.
“We bought aircraft, we bought lots of
weapons for the army’’ and wondered why
Nigeria government was saying that the
money was missing.
“One thing about the issue of corruption is
that these matters are in court, let’s allow
some of these processes to end. Lately, some
judges’ (homes) were also invaded.
He said there were so many things involved
and we have to follow up these matters to
conclusion before we know the facts.
“I don’t want to be seen as a former president
challenging what the sitting government is
doing. So I have decided to keep quiet for the
court to look into them.”
The Congress union said on Wednesday that
the former president was economical with the
truth.
The Acting Secretary General of TUC, Mr.
Simeso Amachree, said: “From information at
our disposal, especially from the media, the
former president is being economical with
words.
He said the matter should be thoroughly
investigated and everybody involved be
invited for questioning to recover the money
and nobody should be spared.
“We are keeping watch on the development
and we are insisting that every kobo should
be recovered.
“If the need arises, the former president
should be invited to explain how the money
was spent.’’
“The money does not belong to him. It
belongs to the nation and now that the
country is in recession, the money would do a
lot of good.’’
He said Jonathans should be invited to
explain what happened to the money since it
was under his watch that the money either
got missing or was diverted.
The Congress advised President Muhammadu
Buhari should clear discrepancies in hand-
over notes he received from Jonathan.