Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has said President Buhari will
not spare anyone involved in acts of corruption, not even any member of
his cabinet. Amaechi said this when he delivered a keynote speech at a
Cambridge University symposium yesterday September 5th.
“As someone who has been in active politics for more than 30 years, I
have learnt that many well-intended reforms are possible only if the
leader can offer the requisite leadership and muster the right political
will.
In my country, since our President, Muhammadu Buhari
was elected, he did not leave anyone in doubt that the fight against
corruption will not only be taken seriously but will form a cardinal
plank of his policy direction.
So far, he has made
several pronouncements that set the tone of his commitment to
strengthening anti-corruption agencies to go after anyone who has
questions to answer. The president’s resolve was enough to signal all of
us, members of his cabinet and the citizenry, that an end has come for
the old ways of doing things. Currently, many people who have been
indicted in one form of corrupt practice or another are being prosecuted
in our courts. That, I believe is the way to show leadership and take
responsibility. Our president has stopped at nothing to demonstrate that
whosoever is caught in corruption related crimes will not be spared" he
said
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