By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – Former federal lawmaker that represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the 8th senate, Senator Shehu Sani has said that Obaseki’s disclosure of Printing and Sharing money, cast us in the light of Idi Amin’s Uganda.
Shehu Sani stated this via his twitter handle while reacting to a statement credited to the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki.
Precise Post recalls that Governor Godwin Obaseki was on Wednesday quoted as saying that the federal government had to print extra N60 billion for states to share in March.
Obaseki said, “Last month we got FAAC for March. The federal government printed an additional ₦50 to ₦60 billion to top-up for us to share.”
He also disclosed that the money the country has borrowed will be in excess of 15 to 16 trillion by the end of 2021, expressed fear of Nigeria experiencing hyperinflation like Argentina.
According to Obaseki, Nigeria is like a country borrowing and borrowing without any means to pay back because oil is no longer bringing in much revenue like before. He added that no one is talking about that because everyone’s attention is on 2023 general election.
According to Wikipedia, Idi Amin was commonly known as the “Butcher of Uganda”, he is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history. Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother.
He was the 3rd president of Uganda and was in office from 25th January 1971 to 11th April 1979.
In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime in which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred. His expulsion of all Indian and Pakistani citizens in 1972—along with increasing military expenditures—brought about the country’s economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades. In 1979 his reign of terror came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanians took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee. Never brought to justice for his heinous crimes, Amin lived out the remainder of his life in Saudi Arabia.
Shehu Sani’s tweet reads:
