No ministers paid billions for appointments, APC insists

By Dickson Omobola
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Wednesday, denied claims that ministers pay billions of Naira to secure appointments, saying comments made by its Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson, Alwan Hassan, referred to historical practices rather than the current administration.
Hassan had alleged that some ministers pay billions of naira to secure appointments and subsequently seek to recover the money.
Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Hassan said: “The way Asiwaju is hands-on on the expenditure of our revenue is fantastic and I love it. A lot of ministers pay billions and billions, and, you know, to get themselves appointed. The first thing they think ...