DAILY POST
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has called on creditor nations to forgive debts owed them as monies stolen from third world countries are stashed in their nations which they have used to develop their countries.
He said Nigeria and other third world countries should not be allowed to collapse on account of debt overhang, saying that Nigeria’s debt should be forgiven on account of necessity or even with the global economic recession.
The lawmaker and former governorship aspirant stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, saying that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu should champion debt forgiveness.
He said: “I urge the creditor nations abroad to as a matter of necessity forgive the debts since most of the debts were stolen by leaders who later stashed the monies in their countries and with the global economic recession Nigeria cannot pay the debts any longer…
