President Muhammadu Buhari on
Friday in Abuja reacted for the first time on the allegations of corruption
levelled against the leaderships of some Federal Government Agencies and
Commissions.
These commissions include the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC).
The president, who spoke after
observing his Eid prayers at the forecourt of the presidential villa, observed
that some appointees of the government in both his administration and the
previous one have abused their trust.
He, however, expressed delight
that some stolen assets are being recovered, sold and proceeds put into the
Single Treasury Account (TSA), which is inaccessible to the corrupt persons
involved.
When asked how he felt about
recent revelations coming out from the EFCC and the NDDC, President Buhari
said:
“There has been abuse of trust by
people trusted by previous administration and this administration.
“A number of assets have been
recovered and some money.
“But we have introduced TSA where
all the monies are taken and I said asset should be sold and the money be put
through TSA so that it can be identified at any level and I will see who will
come after us and take it back again to those who misappropriated public
funds.”
While assuring that all past and
present cases would be fully investigated, he said: “This is why we put the
commission (of investigation) in place.”
He stressed that all of such
cases would be uncovered and firmly dealt with by his government.
The Senate and House of
Representatives are currently investigating how the Interim Management
Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) allegedly
squandered N40 billion within few months.
The Presidency had instituted a
Presidential Probe Panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami to investigate
allegations of gross misconduct against the suspended acting Chairman of the
EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.
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