I will recover funds stolen by the past politicians and bureaucrats- President Buhari
President
Muhammadu Buhari has stated that his government will recover funds stolen by
the past politicians and bureaucrats of the past administration in the country.
He stated
this when speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa in
Abuja today. “The next three months may be hard, but billions of dollars can be
recovered, and we will do our best,” the President told the governors.
He warned
that the days of impunity, lack of accountability and fiscal recklessness in
the management of national resources are over in Nigeria. “There are financial
and administrative instructions in every government parastatal and agency. But
all these were thrown to the dogs in the past.
“Honestly,
our problems are great, but we will do our best to surmount them,” he stated.
Expressing
surprise that the governors had tolerated the atrocities allegedly committed
with the Excess Crude Account since 2011, President Buhari promised to tackle
the issue decisively.
The
President declared that the payment of national revenue into any account other
than the Federation Account was an abuse of the constitution, adding that what
he had heard was going on in many agencies and corporations, particularly the
NNPC, was clearly illegal.
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