President Buhari has declared 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 speaking
the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia yesterday February 23rd, 2016.
“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.
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 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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