
The Presidency responded to reports that
President Buhari has only achieved 1 out of his
222 electoral promises .
The Special Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, reacted by
saying that the president has successfully
blocked the leakages in the system within the last
seven months he has been in office.
He said:
“Doesn’t the President deserve credit for
this and other efforts to confront the
monster of corruption?"
"He is making good strides towards
improving governance by tackling
corruption. Till date, a good number of
persons believed to have collectively stolen
billions from taxpayers have been arrested
and are facing the courts.
“We are working with our allies across the
world from Britain and America to France
and Germany to China and the UAE to
source, locate and repatriate
misappropriated funds.“So far, an escrow
account has been opened for money that is
being returned. This is only the start. The
return of stolen funds is important, but it is
just as critical to ensure that those who
seek to steal realise that no longer will
there be such impunity in Nigeria.”
He also condemned recent false reports by the
Centre for Democracy and Development adding
that the centre was mischievous to attribute
promises Pres. Buhari did not make during his
campaign.
He said:
“The latest CDD episode is a shocking
reminder to their failed attempt to hold the
President to ‘100 promises in 100 days’
which disastrously crashed on the head of
the proponent.
“The elevation of the act to a new high of
220 promises is a knee-jerk reaction that
seeks to play to the gallery and score
points against the President.”
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