WakeUP Africa!

Report reaching Wakeupafrica360 from its correspondent in Nigeria has it that the federal government of Nigeria came out to say that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, would not resign from office following alleged cases of corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and the Economic And Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). It was reported also that last week, Uche Secondus, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the president to resign over the numerous corruption cases in many of the government agencies as well as the high level of insecurity in many parts of the country. He said that the ongoing corruption investigations of the NDDC, MIC, NEDC, NSITF, EFCC and other government agencies are pointers to the fact that the country under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is on a ventilator gasping for breath.

The government reacted to this issue through a statement made by the information and culture minister, Lai Mohammed when he gave a press conference in Abuja where he said that the call for the president’s resignation was “infantile”. He also went further to dismiss claims that the anti-corruption war of the Buhari’s administration is waning daring anyone with a contrary opinion to try the government and see what will happen.

According to the statement, Lai Mohammed said and I quote, “YOU ARE ALL AWARE, NIGERIANS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INUNDATED WITH ALLEGATIONS OF MONUMENTAL CORRUPTION IN A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE NDDC, NSITF, AND THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY, EFCC. MANY, ESPECIALLY NAYSAYERS, HAVE MISINTERPRETED THESE DEVELOPMENTS AS A SIGN THAT THE ADMINISTRATION’S FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IS WANING. IN FACT, THE MAIN OPPOSITION PDP HAS LATCHED ON TO THE DEVELOPMENTS TO CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF MR. PRESIDENT, A CALL THAT IS NOTHING BUT INFANTILE! LET ME STATE HERE AND NOW THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, A CARDINAL PROGRAMME OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, IS ALIVE AND WELL. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, THE AFRICAN UNION’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CHAMPION, WHO ALSO HAS AN IMPECCABLE REPUTATION GLOBALLY, REMAINS THE DRIVER OF THE FIGHT AND NO ONE, NOT THE LEAST THE PDP UNDER WHOSE WATCH NIGERIA WAS LOOTED DRY, CAN TAINT HIS IMAGE OR REVERSE THE GAINS OF THE FIGHT. ANYONE WHO DISAGREES THAT THE ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT IS ALIVE AND WELL IS FREE TO DARE US.”

1. http://www.wakeupafrica360.com
2. Follow us on twitter: @wakeupafrica360
3. Follow us on Instagram: #wakeupafrica360
4. Subscribe to our YouTube channel @WAKEUPAFRICA360TV