President Muhammadu Buhari has
issued a warning to political appointees and government officials against
influence peddling for pecuniary gains and other forms of extortion.
Garba Shehu, presidential
spokesman, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said complaints of extortion of
innocent people by what he called “self-serving name droppers and influence
peddlers” was causing increasing embarrassment to the presidency.
Shehu said the president would
not tolerate anybody useing his name to extort innocent people.
He said: “President Buhari had
made it very clear since his inauguration that he won’t tolerate any form of
impropriety by his appointees, aides, and government officials who abuse and
misuse their offices for illegal financial advantages.’’
He added that Buhari’s commitment
to fight corruption on all fronts in his government remained unchanged.
Shehu advised Nigerians to report
any government official or appointees using the president’s name or that of his
aides and appointees to extort the public.
He added that the current zero
tolerance for corruption by the Buhari administration would not condone this
repugnant culture in government or public business.
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