With a fight against corruption as the main slogan for the Muhammadu Buhari led campaign of 2015 which propelled his emergence into power taking over from former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Buhari led government has since then thrown its weight on the anti-graft war; an exercise that has triggered mixed reactions across the country.
While speaking at the closing of the first-year ministerial performance review retreat held in Abuja, the President said he was doing his best to fight corruption by trying to follow the system in contrast to his brief military regime in 1984 when he arbitrarily rounded up politicians, threw them in jail, and required them to prove their innocence.
Now “I’m being called ‘baba go slow’,” because of that.
President Buhari also stated that his administration has done more for the country with less resources.
He said the average production of oil in the country, from 1999 to 2014, was 2.1 million barrels per day sold at an average price of $100.
“When we came, it collapsed to $37, $38 per barrel, you know it. And the militants were unleashed on the administration, and the production went down to half a million barrels per day.
“I want you to please reflect, what was the condition of the infrastructure then, in spite of those earnings. The roads, the rail is dead and there was no power, up till now no power; where does the money go?” he asked.
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