Reno Omokri to Amaechi: Stop dragging ex-President Jonathan into debt controversy
A former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has advised Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, to stop dragging the former President into the loan controversy.
Amaechi had, in his response to criticisms by the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, said some of the loan agreements with China were signed during Jonathan’s administration.
But Omokri said although Jonathan took loans from China, he did not sign away the country’s sovereignty.
The former presidential aide, in a post on his Twitter handle on Wednesday said, “For the avoidance of doubt, it is true that the Jonathan administration also took loans from China. However, it is false that government signed away Nigeria’s sovereignty to China while taking those loans.
“The loans which were suspected to have surrendered Nigeria’s sovereignty away were taken by the Buhari administration.
“The specific loan in question, which is suspected of signing away Nigeria’s sovereignty to China was signed on September 5, 2018, between the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance and the Export-Import Bank of China.
“Rotimi Amaechi is therefore counselled to defend himself and his government, without dragging past administrations into the matter.”