Lai Mohammed, minister of
information and culture, says the federal government has saved over N17 billion
from foreign trips, sitting allowances and souvenirs.
Mohammed disclosed this at a
forum organised by NAN in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said the present
administration introduced an efficiency unit in the ministry of finance to
ensure that the resources of government were not squandered on “trivialised
grants”.
He said the fight against
corruption must not be based on the number of people that are jailed or
prosecuted, but on efforts made by the government to curb corruption.
“We promised that we are going to
fight corruption; people keep asking us what is your scorecard in corruption,”
he said.
“Our scorecard in corruption must
not be looked at just from the viewpoint of how many people have been arrested;
how many have been prosecuted and how many have been jailed.
“In addition to whatever
achievement we must have made in that respect, I think what is most important
for the main time is the efforts this government has put in place to ensure
that there is transparency in governance.
“This is to ensure that the
resources of government actually go to government account and to ensure that it
is actually used for the purpose of what it’s meant for.
“Another thing this government
has achieved is that we introduced what is called an efficiency unit in the
ministry of finance to ensure that the resources of government are not
frittered on trivialised grants and excuses and today we saved about N17
billion from travels, souvenirs and sitting allowances.”
He also noted that the whistleblowing
policy was another means employed by the current administration to fight
corruption.
The minister said the policy has
led to recoveries of N13.8 billion in tax evasion; N7.8 billion, 378 million
dollars; and 27,200 pounds from public officials.
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