President Buhari has vowed to severely punish all those involved in the
'padding' of the 2016 National Budget. According to a statement by
presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, Buhari said this while addressing
the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia yesterday February 23rd.
“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. It is very embarrassing
and disappointing. We will not allow those who did it to go
unpunished," he vowed.
He reaffirmed his administrations zero tolerance for corruption
"We have zero tolerance for corruption and other unethical practices. We
will deal decisively with anybody found wanting," he promised members
of the Nigerian community.
He restated his administrations commitment to end Boko Haram
"Our armed forces have done a great job of dealing decisively with Boko
Haram. We are collaborating with our neighbors 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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