Former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
today Nov. 26th rubbished the National
Assembly, saying it is an Assembly of
looters and thieves. He said this while
speaking at the public presentation of
the autobiography of Justice Mustapha
Akanbi, in Abuja. Some of what he said
below...
"Apart from shrouding the
remunerations of the National
Assembly in opaqueness and
without transparency, they indulge
in extorting money from
departments, contractors and
ministries in two ways"
"They do so during visits to their
projects and programmes and in
the process of budget approval
when they build up budgets for
ministries and departments, who
agree to give it back to them in
contracts that they do not
execute. They do similar things
during their inquiries.”
"Corruption in the National
Assembly also includes what they
call constituency projects which
they give to their agents to
execute but invariably, full
payment is made with little or no
job done. In all this, if the
executive is not absolutely above
board, the offending members of
the National Assembly resort to
subtle or open threat, intimidation
and blackmail. When the
executive pay the huge money,
normally in millions of dollars, all
is quiet in form of whitewashed
reports that fail to deal effectively
with the issues investigated.”
"When the guard is the thief, only
God can keep the house safe and
secure. But I am optimistic that
sooner than later, we will
overcome. God will give us guards
of integrity and honesty with the
fear of God and genuine love of
their people and their country.
“Today, there is no institution of
government that is not riddled
with corruption, not even the
military. As the people cry out,
where then is the salvation.”
Obasanjo said
Source: Premium Times
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