President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that those who have
returned portions of their loot to the coffers of the federal government
will soon be made public.
The president noted that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was holding back from publishing list so as not to jeopardize its investigations.
Daily Post reports that Buhari made this known during the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja on Friday.
The president noted that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was holding back from publishing list so as not to jeopardize its investigations.
Daily Post reports that Buhari made this known during the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja on Friday.
While speaking, Buhari said, “We have taken steps towards
recovering a reasonable amount of the money that was looted or
misappropriated from public coffers. Investigations are ongoing on
public officers who served, or are still serving, and those whose
conducts are questionable will be compelled to accept the path of honour
and surrender their loot,”
“As I stated recently, a good number of people who abused their positions are voluntarily returning the illicit funds. I have heard it said that we should disclose the names of the people, and the amount returned. Yes, in due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information available to the public on the surrendered funds, but I must remark that it is yet early days, and any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries.
“But we owe Nigerians adequate information, and it shall come in due course. It is part of the collective effort to change our land from the bastion of corruption it currently is, to a place of probity and transparency.
“As I stated recently, a good number of people who abused their positions are voluntarily returning the illicit funds. I have heard it said that we should disclose the names of the people, and the amount returned. Yes, in due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information available to the public on the surrendered funds, but I must remark that it is yet early days, and any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries.
“But we owe Nigerians adequate information, and it shall come in due course. It is part of the collective effort to change our land from the bastion of corruption it currently is, to a place of probity and transparency.
“Quite frankly, the anti-corruption war is not strictly about
me as a person, it is about building a country where our children, and
the forthcoming generations, can live in peace and prosperity. When you
see dilapidated infrastructure around the country, it is often the
consequence of corruption.
“Poor healthcare, collapsed educations, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions.
“Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.”
“Poor healthcare, collapsed educations, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions.
“Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.”
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