Why we oppose Obiano’s proposed N60b supplementary budget, by ZLP

Anambra State chapter of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), at the weekend, restated its opposition to the N60 billion supplementary budget Governor Willie Obiano is seeking, insisting that it will not serve any useful purpose in the remaining few months of his administration.
 
ZLP cited the several litigations involving Obiano’s faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and his desperate moves to impose a successor on the state, stressing that political activities are already depleting the state’s coffers.
  
The party expressed concerns that if approved, the supplementary budget would end up as slush fund to pay lawyers and induce judicial and electoral officers to manipulate the November 6, 2021 governorship poll.
  
In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Afam Dozie Ofomata, the ZLP Governorship Campaign Council, said it had joined the Save Anambra Coalition to caution Obiano against plunging the state into indebtedness.

Describing the ‘bogus supplementary budget’ as Obiano’s last effort to prop the floundering electoral prospects of his political godson, ZLP stated: “A detailed review of the supplementary budget, reveals vague provisions that cannot translate into development/ investment reality for the people.

“This exposed a plot to defraud the state and suppress the wishes of Anambra people during the election. It is obvious that the governor plans to waste the money in his bid to become godfather and quest to impose his choice on the state to sustain his failure and cover up the atrocious financial dealings of a failed administration.”

“Obiano must know that Anambra State’s coffers are not an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to service his puppet, a plot that will be firmly resisted by the people. He should, therefore, discard the idea of a supplementary budget until after the election,” the statement added.