Buhari’s War Against Corruption Just Beginning-APC

Buhari’s War Against Corruption Just

Beginning-APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on

Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s

war against corruption is just beginning and

that the president is bent on recovering of

looted funds by the last administration.

The party said Buhari’s government is just

being methodical in its approaches to achieve

uncommon performance that will surprise

everyone.

Lai Muhammed, National Publicity Secretary,

APC at a news conference in Lagos, Nigeria

on Tuesday said contrary to some individual

views, the Buhari led government had taken

some measures that had endeared it to both

Nigerians and international communities.

“It has been about one month now since

President Buhari assumed office, and I can tell

you that there has been motion, and there

has been movement, contrary to what is

being peddled in some quarters,” he said.

He said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

was bent on frustrating the APC led

government, pointing out that,” the Buhari

administration got the handover notes from

the former government just four days before

the inauguration thus hampering its efforts to

have a clear understanding of the situation on

the ground before taking the necessary

measures to address it.

According to him, “if any disease is not

appropriately diagnosed, it cannot be

effectively treated. Any government that is

truly desirous of bringing about real change

will not act hastily and without the necessary

understanding of what is on ground. Coupled

with the delay in getting the much-needed

information, that takes time.”

On insecurity and fight against terrorism,

Muhammed stated that the Buhari

Administration had since hit the ground

running, stressing that the President had

hardly been sworn into office than he

embarked on a shuttle diplomacy to rally

Nigeria’s neighbours to act as a common

front against the terror group Boko Haram.

“The President travelled to Chad and Niger,

and then hosted a summit of the Lake Chad

Basin Commission that comprised Cameroon,

Chad and Niger, with Benin also invited. The

fight against corruption ranks very high on

the list of the Buhari Administration’s

priorities; the fight against terror cannot

succeed without putting an end to the kind of

prodigious and sickening corruption being

witnessed in the country.

“That is why the President also included it on

the wish list he took to Germany during the

last G7 summit. Thankfully, some Western

nations have now assured the Buhari

Administration of all possible assistance in its

efforts to recover the billions of Naira that

was spirited away from the public till by

public officers who abused their office during

the immediate past administration.”Only

Monday, it was revealed that the President

has ordered revenue-generating agencies,

including the NNPC, FIRS, Customs and NPA,

to close all Illegal Revenue Accounts and to

also remit all funds generated to the

Federation Account. This is a momentous

step considering that those illegal accounts

are being used to siphon public funds.

“Thanks to the painstaking efforts of

President Buhari, Nigerians now know that

out of N8.1 trillion generated by the NNPC in

three years, N3.8 trillion was not remitted to

the Federation Account. Nigerians now know

that the cash in the Excess Crude Account

has been depleted by 2 billion dollars without

explanation.

“A panel of four governors has been set up to

investigate what happened to the money that

was not remitted to the Federation Account.

The rot met by the Buhari Administration is

sickening, and the President is working hard

to plug all loopholes for siphoning public

funds, in addition to recovering looted public

funds,” he said.

He said this is just the beginning of the fight

against corruption in the country, calling on

Nigerians to grab a front row seat so they

could watch clearly as events unfold in the

ring of anti-corruption fight in the days

ahead.

“It will no longer be business as usual as the

Buhari Administration seeks to make sure

that every kobo of national funds is spent for

the benefit of Nigerians, not to fill the deep

pockets of a few fat cats. Bringing Nigeria

back to the comity of respected nations Since

President Buhari’s election on March 28th,

2015, Nigeria has been moving fast to regain

its deserved place in the comity of respected

nations. Leaders who once shunned Nigeria

have been inviting, in droves, President Buhari

to visit their countries. The latest is US

President Barack Obama, who will play host

to our President at the White House on July

20 ,” he said.