President
elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says all political office holders, governors,
ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and others, will be
declaring their assets before a law court on assumption of their appointment
and at the end of their appointment.
According
to him, this would ensure accountability amongst public servants. He said this
in an interview with Sahara TV yesterday April 12th
“All
those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign
staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their
assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts.
And once
they leave they have to re-declare their assets.” he said
He said
that his administration will not interfere in the judicial process that will be
used to pursue corrupt officials.
According
to him, if his administration “become embroiled in investigation of every
ministry, then the government will not have time to move forward.”
Reacting
to the recent remarks by the Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the
fiscal conditions and government spending in Nigeria, Gen Buhari said “I’m
afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain because the governors
cannot force the central government to act outside the Constitution.”
Regarding
the controversies surrounding oil block ownership in Nigeria, Gen Buhari said
partisan politics has been responsible for award oil wells to people who do not
have any business with it in the first place
“Proliferation
of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes
partisan politics has brought.” he said
Reacting
to insinuation in some quarters that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was
indirectly having influence in his incoming government, Gen Buhari said “I
think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political
development.
General
Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11
years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was
trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not
being fair to Nigeria’s political development.”
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