I will recover stolen funds within three months, era of mis-managenmt are over, Buhari told governors
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigerian President, Muhammed Buhari on Tuesday told state governors that the days of impunity, recklessness and mis-management of resources are over in Nigeria.
Buhari who stated this at the meeting he held with the state governors at Aso Rock Villa vowed that money stolen by any government officials or those who abused their offices in the recent past will be recovered.
Mr Femi Adesina, SA Media and Publicity quoted Mr President as follows as what he told the governors: “There are financial and administrative instructions in every government parastatal and agency. But all these were thrown to the dogs in the past.
“Honestly, our problems are great, but we will do our best to surmount them.
“The next three months may be hard, but billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best”.
Mr President was said to have expressed surprise how the governors had tolerated the atrocities allegedly committed with the Excess Crude Account since 2011 and promised to tackle the issue decisively.
President Buhari was also said to have declared that the payment of national revenue into any account other than the Federation Account was an abuse of the constitution, adding that what he had heard was going on in many agencies and corporations, particularly the NNPC, was clearly illegal.
