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Muric Blast Nigerian Government over N40M payment to former Leaders

By alternativeafrica
January 15, 2018
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London, Jan. 15, 2018 (AltAfrika)-The Muslims Right Concern, MURIC, has strongly condemned the Nigerian government over its decision to pay former Presidents and Heads of Government N40 million instead of buying them cars as prescribed by the law.

MURIC described the decision as “heartless, anti-people and capitalist-driven particularly when patriotic retirees of government at all levels continue to languish in poverty due to non payment of their pension allowances

The statement:

MURIC CONDEMNS PAYMENT OF 40M CASH TO EX-PRESIDENT

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Thursday 11th January, 2018 revealed that the government paid N40 million to a former president, instead of buying vehicles as prescribed by law. He added that the decision was adopted so the former leaders could purchase vehicles they prefer.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) strongly denounces this decision. It is heartless, anti-people and capitalist-driven. The Nigerian system makes the rich richer and the poor poorer.

How decent are we as a people if thousands of retirees are denied their benefits for years but we proudly present huge amounts of money to former presidents and ex-heads of state? Where is our humanity if a whopping N40 million is paid to an ex-president who arrogated all the honey and milk in the land to himself while in office but we still pay a paltry N18,000 as minimum wage to workers who grease the machines of our economy?

This socio-economic imbalance emboldens criminals, frustrates the youth and diminishes patriotism. Worse still, it slows down the war against corruption because the Federal Government (FG) alone cannot fight corruption. It needs the people to join the fight. But how will an overworked, underpaid, impoverished and oppressed people who are living witnesses to the waste of our common wealth willingly join the fight?

The truth is that perhaps no present ex-president or former head of state lives in penury as at today. We can only think of just one probability and we will prefer to keep his identity private for obvious reasons. Our ex-presidents are not in dire need of cars from FG. Majority of them are in palatial mansions on hilltops in choice locations all over the country.

This social order is unacceptable to MURIC. Super-rich ex-presidents should be giving to the poor masses, not sucking from our blood again. It adds salt to injury. Islam encourages equitable distribution of wealth. In particular, Qur’an 59:7 condemns the concentration of resources in the hands of a few wealthy individuals. What FG has done is unIslamic. It is haram to take from the poor or to deny them payment for services rendered only to give more to rich ex-presidents for doing nothing. It is haram to ignore the cries of pensioners while buying new cars for leaders.

As we round up, we warn President Muhammadu Buhari not to abandon poor Nigerians or to succumb to blackmail from greedy and selfish citizens but to remain focused in his determination to rid Nigeria of wasteful spending. Allah will ask every leader how he conducted the affairs of his people yaom al-Qiyamah (the Day of Resurrection).

Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

 

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