President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has called the inability of some states
to pay salaries of their workers a big disgrace. He made the statement
yesterday as he vowed to rid Nigeria of fraud and corruption.
While speaking at the State House yesterday before the Presidential
Villa workers who gathered at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa
to welcome him back from his vacation, the president condemned those who
take what doesn't belong to them thus denying their people needed
development.
He said: “27 out of the 36 states cannot pay salaries. This is a
disgrace to Nigeria. It is a disgrace up till now that most of the
states cannot pay salaries. What happened to all we have gotten over the
years? We look up and down, left, right and centre, what have we saved?
There was nothing because we developed a consumption culture that we
were not supposed to develop. Most of your colleagues that have left
service, I doubt if they are getting benefits. That is the situation we
find ourselves in.”
He further said that the militants in the Niger Delta are bent on destroying oil installations.
He said: “Unfortunately, the other unstable part of the
country, the Niger Delta, with their myriads of organizations that are
competing over which one can do more damage to the country and the oil
companies and oil wells. For how long are we going to do this?”
He said “all fraud must stop. If they don’t believe us, they
should go try and see those we caught red-handed with public funds. This
will continue as long as this leadership is here.
“Whoever takes anything that does not belong to him or that he
is not entitled to, it will be documented and the person will be taken
to court. This is the only way I think we can bail ourselves out.
“I am asking you to dedicate yourselves more to your country
because I said more than 30 years ago, that there is no other country we
can call our home, but Nigeria.” He said
“We are determined to rehabilitate our country for the sake of
our children and our grandchildren. I have never in my life from class
monitor to this place, twice in different forms, believed in corruption.
“But we won’t touch anybody who did not touch public funds, you
should behave yourself. If you don’t have houses in Abuja and the whole
of Europe, you will sleep soundly. You and your family will earn
respect. But if you shortchange the treasury, you will be caught and I
pity your family because people will be abusing them.
“People will be calling you big thieves that how did you raise
money to build all the houses in Abuja and Europe with your meagre
salary. I think personal integrity is something to be encouraged. I
assure you that I am absolutely dedicated to serving Nigeria. Those who
behave themselves will never regret,” he added.
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