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Comms, Speechwriting, Poetry, History | Ex-@NigeriaGov | Fellowships: @harvardWCFIA @french_african @RockefellerFdn @NordicAfrica | Judge: @hodlerprize

Jul 23, 2020, 6 tweets

LOOL. This is the sort of stuff that irritates me. If you don’t know how to read a financial statement, ask questions! Or just off your mic. Don’t embarrass your education!

FACTS ONLY: @nsia_nigeria has spent MORE THAN 90 BILLION NAIRA on 2nd Niger Bridge in the last 20 months!

What sort of blatant & shameless financial illiteracy is this? Do you think “Payables” means how much has been spent on the project?

All the work done before our eyes since 2018 - and I’ve done several visual threads - does that look like N18 billion work to you @ELoka? 😂

WTAF really? Why speak nonsense with so much confidence. Think of the schools you attended, the education you got, the monies you spent. For the sake of all, respect yourself. Ask questions if not clear. Don’t let me see this kind of rubbish tweet again eh, @Eloka51.

I take these things very personally 😂😂😂

Meanwhile let me bless @Eloka51 with recent Second Niger Bridge photos. Can you see how far the work has gone? Does this look like 18 billion Naira work to you?

Have you heard of #PIDFund? More than 90 billion Naira has gone into this 2NB project since 2018.

Also keep in mind @Eloka51 that the $311 million Abacha Loot that the US and Jersey repatriated earlier this year, has gone into #PIDFund, which is the @nsia_nigeria-managed investment vehicle for Second Niger Bridge and two other projects. See thread: https://t.co/GQZTdLTxx9

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