No Going Back On Buhari’s War Against Corruption – Minister
The Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu on Wednesday said that there is no going back on the war against corruption being championed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Shittu said this while speaking with newsmen at the 50th birthday anniversary of Engineer Seyi Makinde, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan.
He pointed out that there was no doubt that the government was determined to reshape Nigeria for the better especially in the ongoing fight against corruption and other vices serving as stumbling blocks on Nigeria’s path to growth and development.
“I am confident as an insider that the President has done extremely well and the indices are there in the area of fighting corruption, in the area of fighting insurgency, in the area of repairing the economy, which has been neglected by the previous administration of profligacy.” he said.
According to him, Nigeria is presently recording tremendous improvement in some of its sectors, particularly in the area of agriculture and other important sectors in the country in the last few years of the Buhari administration.
The minister maintained that the present administration in the country is only performing better in the area of creating jobs for the youths having engaged over 200.000 youths this year and that another 300,000 youths are to be engaged under the same scheme in 2018.
” In the area of agriculture, farmers now have, for once, started building houses, buying vehicles, buying motorcycles and so on. More than 50 per cent of Okada riders in Lagos who relocated from the north have abandoned Okada riding and gone back to their farms.
“Because they have now discovered that it is profitable to farm than to ride Okada”, he said.
The minister berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership for their lies against President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that Nigerians now know better and are not fools nor ingrates .
“Nigerians voted for President Buhari because he was the only presidential candidate that could be trusted.
“The president is running a government devoid of greed and corruption. Although, the work ahead is enormous, I am happy that a lot of positive changes have occurred in the areas of agriculture, education, infrastructure and employment,” Shittu added.
He emphasized that it was unfortunate and embarrassing that PDP leaders and members that drove Nigeria into the present mess through corruption and mismanagement which President Buhari has been making frantic efforts to correct are now the ones accusing President Buhari of non performance.
“We should also continue to support the government of President Muhammadu Buhari because Nigerians voted for him because he is the only Presidential candidate that could be trusted with the resources of the country,” he said.