Buhari promise to deal with those who looted Nigerians money

President Muhammadu Buhari on
Friday promised to reveal the names
of former government officials who
have voluntarily returned looted
funds to the coffers of the Federal
Government in “due course”, saying
that early disclosure of their
identities “may jeopardize the
possibility of bigger recoveries.”
“In due course, the Central Bank of
Nigeria will make information
available to the public on the
surrendered funds,” said President
Buhari at the 2015 edition of the
annual Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe
Foundation Lecture in Lagos.
He said his government owes
Nigerians adequate information on
recovery of looted funds, explaining
that it is part of the collective effort
to change the country from the
“bastion of corruption it currently is,
to a place of probity and
transparency”.
In his speech, Buhari said his
government has identified
corruption as the major problem
facing the country. He noted that the
phenomenon must be curtailed if the
issues of collapsing educational
system, diversification of our
economy, fostering a welfare based
agenda for the disadvantaged,
infrastructural development, which
were central to his government’s
change agenda, could be effectively
tackled.
“The primary attention that tackling
corruption earned in the course of
our campaign and in determining
the final outcome of the election
underpins how seriously Nigerians
see corruption as a fundamental
factor crippling the progress and
development of the country.
Nigerians are, indeed, convinced that
except we curtail corruption, the
country will remain in perennial
regression.
“It is upon this conviction of our
people that corruption poses great
danger and should be curtailed that
we anchor our hope. It underpins
our assurance that the efforts of this
government in checking corruption
will yield significant successes in the
final outcome.
“In other words, we note that sheer
heroism cannot achieve the
elimination of corruption from our
social space. What is most required
is the conviction of the populace that
corruption is an antithesis to social
cohesion and development, and must
be eliminated. We must get to a
point where every Nigerian begins to
hate corruption with a passion, and
collectively determine to root it out
of our body polity.”