President-Elect Buhari spoke exclusively with SaharaTV on
how he plans to deal with corruption which is rampant in
Nigeria today, managing of government’s finances, Boko
Haram, and Nigeria’s economy.
Most notably he blamed the Minister of Finance and
Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Okonjo-Iweala for
the financial men in Nigeria, and insisted that Ministers
must declare their assets publicly.
When asked about statements from Okonjo-Iweala on the
fiscal conditions and government spending in the country,
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.”
President-Elect Buhari firmly stated that “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 that would ensure greater accountability among
public servants.
However, he said he does not plan to interfere with the
judiciary and whatever action it may take pursuing corrupt
public officials. He stated that his administration would not
“become embroiled in investigation every ministry, then the
government will not have time to move forward.”
On the contentious issue of Oil Block ownership in Nigeria,
and an equitable distribution of the country’s wealth, he
suggested that partisan politics in Nigeria is the cause of
inequitability in the oil sector. President-Elect Buhari
claimed that he wanted to professionalize the oil sector in
Nigeria. He said that the “proliferation of oil fields to people
who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes
partisan politics has brought.” Within the equitable
distribution of wealth and job creation for youth, the
President-Elect pointed to the APC manifesto calling for
greater emphasis on mining and agriculture development.
When pressed on rumors that ex-president Obasanjo was
exercising inordinate influence on him, 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." CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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