Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described those who say
corruption is prevalent under the Buhari administration as petty.
Lawan spoke on Monday after the second national summit on
diminishing corruption and the launch of the national ethics and integrity
policy by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC).
He said the current administration has done “so well”,
adding that no previous government ever hinged its campaigns on fighting
corruption like the Buhari-led government.
He said the current administration never leaves corruption
cases unattended.
“I don’t know who they are and I don’t know what their facts
are. But I will not speak to speculations; I speak to facts. I want to see the
facts that there’s more corruption in this administration than the previous
administrations,” Lawan said.
“You will recall that in a particular former administration,
we know that somebody once said that what people accused the government of
corruption was simple stealing. This administration does not see anything that
appears like corruption or thievery and leaves it untreated. So, I believe it
depends on who is talking.
“If you have opposition, it is likely the opposition will
tell you there’s so much ‘persecution’ of the opposition, that there’s so much
corruption in this administration than the previous one. But we know the
previous administrations.
“Let me be a bit more decent and maybe non-political. But I
want to tell you that this administration has done so well because we
campaigned on the basis of three pillars of anti-corruption, the fight against
insurgency and insecurity across the country, and the revitalisation of our
economy.
“So, no administration or political party, in the history of
Nigeria that fought its campaigns on the basis of fighting corruption in
Nigeria. In fact, there were administrations that never mentioned corruption in
their entire tenure.
“This administration has stood firmly, trying to fight
corruption, and I want to believe that those who are saying there’s more
corruption in Nigeria today than before are simply trying to be partisan or
petty.”
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