Lai Mohammed, minister of
information, says the Buhari administration has sent corruption “under the
carpet”.
Speaking in an interview with the
Voice of America (VOA), Mohammed said in the second term, this government will
be more determined in the fight against corruption.
He said the president will not
compromise his anti-corruption programmes and policies.
Mohammed granted the interview in
Washington, where he is said to be engaging international media and think tank,
promote and reiterate the successes of Buhari’s government.
The minister said that the
anti-corruption fight would be frontal in the agenda of the government because
corruption is one of the major causes of poverty and underdevelopment in the
country.
He spoke on how under the past
administration, “55 Nigerians shared a whopping sum of N1.3 billion” equivalent
to what the present administration had spent on infrastructure development in
four years.
“The president is committed to
the fight against corruption and the administration will continue with it,” he
said.
“For example, the treasury single
account has instituted accountability in government‘s earnings and spending and
the whistle blower policy has led to the recovery of billions of naira.
“It takes more than four years to
clean a country endemic in corruption. However, it is on record that this
administration has driven corruption under the carpet in four years.
“In the next four years,
therefore, the government will consolidate on the achievements recorded
particularly in the fight against corruption.”
Speaking on insecurity, the
minister said the administration would apply multi dimensional approach besides
deployment of forces.
He said the government was not
unaware of other remote causes of the crises in the affected areas including
economic and social reasons, non-inclusiveness, lack of infrastructure and job
opportunities.
The minister noted that, by and
large, the administration had performed well in addressing insecurity and the
country is safer than it was in 2015.
Specifically, he said the government
had successfully secured the entire territory of the country from the Boko
Haram while the farmers/herdsmen clash in Benue had been curtailed.
Mohammed said that the fight
against banditry, killings and banditry in Zamfara and Kaduna has been put under
control in the last two weeks because of the synergy among the security forces.
The minister also said that the
administration has made progress in economy recovery with deliberate
programmers of diversifying the economy through agriculture and other sectors
as well as developing infrastructure.
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Lai must have either been sleeping or feeling sleepy when he said this or was under duress to say this.. because I wonder the corruption theyve swept under the carpet
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