Budget Fiasco: Buhari Vows to Punish Culprits
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| Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari |
In a meeting with the Nigerian community in Riyadd, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday Buhari maintains the culprits will be hunted down and brought to book.
The president said anyone found to have been involved would face the most severe punishment.
“The culprits will not go unpunished. I have been a military governor, petroleum minister, military Head of State and headed the Petroleum Trust Fund.
“Never had I heard the words ‘budget padding’. Our Minister of Budget and National Planning did a great job with his team. The minister became almost half his size during the time, working night and day to get the budget ready, only for some people to pad it.
“What he gave us was not what was finally being debated (at the National Assembly). It is very embarrassing and disappointing. We will not allow those who did it to go unpunished
On his administration's handling of the challenges of governance he promised to turn things around; especially on the issue of insurgency.
And he said, “We have zero tolerance for corruption and other unethical practices. We will deal decisively with anybody found wanting,” he promised the Nigerian community.
“Our armed forces have done a great job of dealing decisively with Boko Haram. We are collaborating with our neighbours in the operations of the Multinational Joint Task Force to handle security threats in the sub-region and we have significantly destroyed the capacity of the insurgents
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