The President elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari said all political
office holders, governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign
staff and others, will be declaring their assets before a law court on assumption
of their appointment and at the end of their appointment.
According to Gen. Buhari, this would ensure accountability
amongst public servants.
He said this in an interview with Sahara TV yesterday April
12th.
"All those that were governors, ministers, permanent
secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments
will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and
definitely with the courts. And once they leave they have to re-declare their
assets.” he said.
He said that his administration will not interfere in the
judicial process that will be used to pursue corrupt officials. According to
him, if his administration “become embroiled in investigation of every
ministry, then the government will not have time to move forward.”
Reacting to the recent remarks by the Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the fiscal conditions and government spending in Nigeria, Gen Buhari said “I’m afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain because the governors cannot force the central government to act outside the Constitution.”
Regarding the controversies surrounding oil block ownership
in Nigeria, Gen Buhari said partisan politics has been responsible for award
oil wells to people who do not have any business with it in the first place
"Proliferation of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes partisan politics has brought.” he said
Reacting to insinuation in some quarters that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was indirectly having influence in his incoming government, Gen Buhari said "I think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political development. General Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not being fair to Nigeria’s political development."
"Proliferation of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes partisan politics has brought.” he said
Reacting to insinuation in some quarters that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was indirectly having influence in his incoming government, Gen Buhari said "I think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political development. General Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not being fair to Nigeria’s political development."
Source: #LindaIkeji
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