But an anti-graft organisation, BudgIT group, has questioned the sincerity of Buhari ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign.
However, BudgIT, in its Facebook post titled, ‘What is change and where should change start from?’ said the government at all levels had failed to change and then wondered why the government should demand change from Nigerians.
BudgIT said, “Let change start with National Assembly telling us how N115bn is spent. Let change start with a cogent explanation why the Nigerian government needs 11 aircraft in a recession.
“Let change start with the government responding to our FOI (Freedom of Information Act) questions on how much money has been given to states as bailout
“Let change start with the government explaining why it released N400bn for capital expenditure with no project details. How long do we keep running with opacity?
“Let change start with the government telling the people how much funds have been recovered and who returned what.”
The group berated the Buhari-led administration for the secret recruitment in the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the Nigeria Prisons Service.
It added, “Let change start with the reversal of illegal recruitment into government agencies that has got no action from the government. Let us stop making change a meaningless word. Releasing N400bn for capital projects without details is not the way to go.
“Change starts with accountability of public funds and radical transparency. What is the government changing before asking you for change? Are the convoys less, presidential fleet less?
“A Special Adviser to the President has several personal assistants. Change is when we cut the size of government. Change is when the use of public funds is truly made public. Citizens know how public resources are used.
“The government wants everything including change from citizens. What is it giving back? What is it sacrificing? Nigerians need to change but it starts with its leadership showing the right example.”
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