Wednesday, 19 August 2015

PMB Speaks On Ending Corruption


“I have also maintained zero tolerance for corruption. I am even more committed to fighting this enemy decisively because I am convinced beyond doubt that the much needed impetus for our country’s survival is held back by corruption. I will not allow this to continue”
“We are now looking for evidence of shipping some of our crude, their destinations and where and which accounts they were paid into and in which countries. When we get as much as we can get, as soon as possible, we will approach those countries to freeze those accounts and go to court, prosecute those people and let the money in the accounts be taken to Nigeria.


“The amount of money involved is mind boggling but we have started getting documents. We have started getting documents where some of the senior people in government -former ministers – planted as much as five accounts and were moving about one million barrels per day on their own.

“We have started getting those documents. I assure you that whichever documents we are able to get and subsequently trace the sale of the crude or transfer of money from ministries, departments, Central Bank, we will ask for the cooperation of those countries to return those monies to the federation account; and we will use those documents to arrest those people and prosecute them. This, I promise Nigerians. Corruption in Nigeria has virtually developed into a culture where honest people are abused.”
source: leadership


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