President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians rid the country of all forms of corrupt practices, saying this is a sure way of setting the nation on a path of greatness.
The President made the call at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Annual National Management Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) held in Warri, Delta state.
He said his administration’s Transformation Agenda is aimed at leaving lasting legacies behind.
President Jonathan, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Mr. Yemi Adelekun, also charged the NIM to sustain its current drive to ensure professionalism among its practitioners.
He said, ”To set this country on the path of greatness and prosperity, complete elimination of all forms of corrupt practices must be in the front burner of our collective consciousness always.
”The Transformation Agenda, you will agree with me, is a clear demonstration of my administration’s sincere intention to leave a lasting legacy that will be a reference point for subsequent administrations.
”You will agree with me that a great nation evolved through great leadership built on good governance, this is our motivation and value proposition.”
Delivering a Keynote address at the event, the Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, advocated the strengthening of institutions in order to achieve national goals of democratic governance and sustainable development.
The governor, who was represented by the state’s Commissioner for Works, Solomon Funkekeme, said the judiciary and its appendages such as the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCBC), should be manned by persons with technical expertise and moral competence.
Mr. Presido, are you speaking to please the ears ?
ReplyDeleteSHO! I know this statements are not coming from GEJ. Until the CORRUPT HEAD is rid of CORRUPTION the rest of the body will and continue to be CORRUPT.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for this president.Please Mr. President, say something different because we know you aid corruption.
ReplyDeleteMr President action speak louder than voice. I know you are talking because of 2015, we know you and we know how much you have being tackling corruption since 6 years now. Have you gave gotten the money the South African government seized.
ReplyDeleteCorruption himself is talking.
ReplyDeleteIf GEJ is out of powers means corruption is out of Nigeria. With GEJ in power Nigeria is in trouble.
Finally, Mr. President realizes that corruption is the cancer killing our greatness. I wished he understood this dangerous enemy of our country earlier. It is a pity many people tagged him "Corruption Defender" because he never acknowledged the damaging role of corruption.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, he must start with $20 billions that pushed him to rubbish himself when former Central Bank Governor raised the alarm on missing money.
Second and most recent shameful $9.3 millions cash carried to South Africa at the time Central Bank is calling for cashless transactions.
Shut your mouth and start doing the right thing. The fish rotten from the head. You are the president and the leader of that country. Do the right thing and stop blaming others. This man have no drive to change things for Nigerians. He should never be allowed to run for next election talk-less of getting votes to manage that country. I am so tired of hearing from this man. Period!!
ReplyDelete