President Muhammadu Buhari says
the fight against corruption is not moving at the pace his administration wants
because the system is slow.
The president said this when he
received the federal capital territory community, who paid him Christmas homage
at his official residence on Tuesday in Abuja.
Buhari, who apparently was
reacting to those accusing his administration of being too slow in tackling the
nation’s challenges, said: “It’s not Baba (Buhari) that is slow but it is the
system… So, I am going by this system and I hope we will make it.”
The president announced that he
would soon embark on aggressive campaign for the 2019 presidential election.
He said the campaign would start
with visits to each of the six geo-political zones of the country.
“We are watching the Independent
National Electoral Commission very seriously and we are going out very soon; we
will go from geo-political zone to geo-political zone, to remind the people of
our promises in 2015,” he said.
“These three fundamental things
include security, because you have to secure the country before you can govern
it and talking about what we have done regarding securing the country, the
people of the north-east know better.
“The three fundamental things we
campaigned with are still very relevant. On improving the economy, which we are
still going to explore, we have done well in agriculture, and those who
embraced farming are not regretting it and we have also addressed unemployment
and we are very lucky, through that we are now attaining food security.
“The third thing with which we
will campaign is the issue of corruption.
“I told you what I did when I was
in uniform but now when I have to go by this system (democracy,) where people
have to be arrested and then prosecuted, taken to court and then with evidence,
we will collect back what they had taken illegally and for doing that, people
are calling me Baba go slow.
“I am going slowly but whatever
the case, I will not stop pointing fingers at those who have abused trust by
taking money that does not belong to them. I will keep on trying to do my best
for this country and get back what belongs to the country.”
The President, who thanked the
FCT community for the visit, urged people in leadership positions to always do
the right things so as not to betray the confidence reposed on them.
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