Professor Itse Sagay, the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption(PACAC) has urged Nigerians to celebrate under President Buhari.
He said for a very long time Nigeria has a very good government in place. He called attention to what could be described the prodigal years of the Peoples' Democratic Party leadership when according to him almost brought the country to a standstill.
According to him, security of lives and property has improved tremendously in Nigeria especially in the northeast where the inhabitants of the region used to sleep with one open because of the
insurgency in the region by Boko Haram terrorists.
insurgency in the region by Boko Haram terrorists.
According to him, ''It has been a truly successful journey. You will recall that the campaign platform upon which this administration came is in promoting security in Nigeria, boosting the economy and fighting corruption. These are the three things and you would agree with me that since they came to power, the Boko Haram insurgency which was the greatest threat to the country has been so thoroughly defeated and the capacity to inflict harm on North East Nigeria not to talk of the rest of Nigeria reduced to the barest minimum. All they are doing now is just sending the suicide bombers. We have a very successful story with regards to the Boko Haram.''
On the activities of the herdsmen, he commended Governor Fayose of Ekiti State for the drastic step he has taken so far to contain the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the state.
His words: '' It is a pity that the herdsmen who are the new face of terrorism have taken their place. One expects that the Federal Government would now turn around and confront this new terror. But I want to say this; it is a pity that the governors who are the chief security officers of their states are crying instead of organizing their defence against these people. Look at Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, he has done a very good job in that place. He has virtually arrested the situation and the herdsmen are behaving themselves. What stops other governors from organizing armed defence against these people? They should not leave it for the Federal Government alone and start crying. They should organize themselves. So, that is as far as security is concerned.''
The economy he said, was run aground by the administration of former President Jonathan by high corruption and stealing which made the former Central bank Governor, Muhammadu Sanusi to raise the alarm over the alleged $20 billion.
Everything now according to him has changed for the better by the current anti-corruption war under Buhari. The militancy in the Niger Delta also largely affected this administration when Buhari came to power.
This he blamed on the activities of Niger Delta Avengers who took to the destruction if oil facilities in the Niger Delta.
He said: Then let us go to the economy; when this government came to power, virtually all assets of Nigeria have been looted. The Sovereign Wealth Fund was less than $1billion, the crude oil account was emptied and over $20billion were stolen. You know when the Emir of Kano and former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Lamido Sanusi said so, and he was sacked. People were not sure but from all the things that have come out now, if you calculate them, they are over $20 billion stolen under the past administration. Some of them were used for elections and all that and others just stolen for personal enrichment. This administration had to cope with that and at the same time cope with the value of the Naira which had plummeted from `$1 to about N148. Also, the Niger Delta Avengers had caused the oil production to drop from over 2million to 1.5million barrels a day. With all these that the government had to cope with and the recession that followed, we can say that we have survived in the sense that all that have been brought to an end. We were confronted with an unprecedented economic adversity and recession followed but today, we are coming to the end of the recession and we are now coming to positive figures in our economy; treasury looting has stopped, the value of the Naira is climbing; I understand that it is presently about N350 to the dollar. Agricultural activities are surging up under this administration. We now have near self-sufficiency in rice production and if you look at transport sector, we now have standard gauge rail from Abuja to Kaduna and then the one being constructed from Lagos to Kano and the plans are afloat of a rail line from Calabar to Lagos and from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri. There are a lot of activities going on and the international community is rushing to loan money to Nigeria because of the very clean records and integrity of this government.
He said: Then let us go to the economy; when this government came to power, virtually all assets of Nigeria have been looted. The Sovereign Wealth Fund was less than $1billion, the crude oil account was emptied and over $20billion were stolen. You know when the Emir of Kano and former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Lamido Sanusi said so, and he was sacked. People were not sure but from all the things that have come out now, if you calculate them, they are over $20 billion stolen under the past administration. Some of them were used for elections and all that and others just stolen for personal enrichment. This administration had to cope with that and at the same time cope with the value of the Naira which had plummeted from `$1 to about N148. Also, the Niger Delta Avengers had caused the oil production to drop from over 2million to 1.5million barrels a day. With all these that the government had to cope with and the recession that followed, we can say that we have survived in the sense that all that have been brought to an end. We were confronted with an unprecedented economic adversity and recession followed but today, we are coming to the end of the recession and we are now coming to positive figures in our economy; treasury looting has stopped, the value of the Naira is climbing; I understand that it is presently about N350 to the dollar. Agricultural activities are surging up under this administration. We now have near self-sufficiency in rice production and if you look at transport sector, we now have standard gauge rail from Abuja to Kaduna and then the one being constructed from Lagos to Kano and the plans are afloat of a rail line from Calabar to Lagos and from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri. There are a lot of activities going on and the international community is rushing to loan money to Nigeria because of the very clean records and integrity of this government.
The administration of Buhari has in earnest corrected these ills that brought Nigeria to a standstill adding that the people that make up the present government are men of integrity who are lifting the country to greater heights.
Nigeria's name has been redeemed by Buhari and now command respect so much so that the international community want to loan money to Nigeria for business, a pointer to the fact that Nigeria now has a clean government with a clean set of people.
'' I think the Buhari government can claim that it has done a lot to bring Nigeria out of the woods. So, it has been a very successful government and in the next two days, you would see further confirmation and greater success in this direction because we have a clean government with people who want to serve and not be served. We have people who are honest and who have integrity; people who do not want anything for themselves but everything for Nigeria. For a very long time, we have a good government in place.'', he added.
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