Lai Mohammed, minister of
information and culture, says the country is more transparent under President
Muhammadu.
In a statement on Saturday, Segun
Adeyemi, media aide to Mohammed, quoted the minister as saying this when he
received Delia Ferreira Rubio, chairperson of Transparency International (TI),
at his office on Friday.
The minister said TI has not
offered the necessary support to the government. A recent report by TI said
corruption was getting worse in the country.
“Nigeria has never had a more
transparent, more accountable government than the Buhari administration,” the
minister said.
“As a policy, this government is
the most committed to fighting corruption. We need your support in the area of
advocacy and capacity building. They look at the actions of an aberrant few to
condemn the government.”
Mohammed said when the government
disclosed that 55 people stole N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013 and the
time it published the looters’ list, the civil society “was busy parroting the
cliche that the allegations were one-sided, instead of supporting the
government’s action”.
Citing the ‘Change Begins With
Me’ programme, he said the government is not only fighting corruption with laws
but also with education and “inclusiveness in government”.
Mohammed said the country is
succeeding in its anti-corruption war because the fight is led by a president
whose integrity is beyond reproach.
He alleged that corrupt persons
are using looted funds to mount a campaign against the administration,
especially in the social media, because they know that the reelection of Buhari
would spell doom for them.
On her part, Rubio said she
decided to visit Nigeria because the country could set the pace for the fight
against corruption on the continent.
She said while the government is
doing a lot to fight corruption, it should ensure there is transparency and
more efficiency in service delivery.
”We are not an opposition
anywhere in the world. We are just an NGO working in over 100 countries of the
world. We are not enemies. We are here to help,” she said.
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