President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the prosecution of persons
who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led
by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari
declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing all
within its powers to break the vicious cycle of corruption,
unemployment and insecurity in Nigeria.
"Nigeria has to break this vicious cycle before we can make progress,"
the president said, adding that his administration was diligently
getting facts and figures pertaining to the nation's stolen funds,
before proceeding to the prosecution of identified culprits.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina said Buhari told Abdulsalami and members of
his committee that the Federal Government, under his leadership, would
not only ask for the return of stolen funds that had been stashed in
foreign banks, but would also ensure that those who stole the funds were
put on trial in Nigeria.
The president also said that as part of actions to address the
national problems it inherited, his administration was reorganising
Nigeria's revenue generating institutions.
Buhari explained that a single treasury account had been established
for all Federal revenue to ensure greater probity, transparency and
accountability in the collection, disbursement and utilisation of
national funds.
"We have really degenerated as a country. Our national institutions,
including the military, which did wonderfully on foreign missions in the
past, have been compromised. But we are doing something about it. The
military is now retraining and morale has been resuscitated.”
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