President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his predecessors
only completed few projects.
The President said grand corruption characterised past
administrations and denied Nigeria the opportunities of experiencing
“infrastructure revolution.”
He said some people made away with billions of dollars on
fraudulent oil deals and bogus military contracts.
The President said this in an opinion he wrote, which was
published by NewsWeek on Monday to coincide with his official visits to
Washington DC, USA.
Buhari said, “In fact, very few major infrastructure
projects were completed in Nigeria in the years leading to my inauguration as
President , a period during which the country enjoyed its highest crude oil
prices in recent history.
“The grand corruption of our recent past, which saw tens of
billions of dollars frittered away on fraudulent oil deals and bogus military
contracts, put paid to all opportunities for an infrastructure revolution.
“Now we have seized the chance to do things better: We have
cleaned up falsified civil service payrolls and commenced the prosecution of
payroll impostors–saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
“We set up a whistle – blower policy aimed at deterring
corrupt practices in government and we are committed to the Open Government
Partnership.
“In January this year, Nigeria was elected to the
Partnership ’s Steering Committee.”
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