Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect, has listed his three most important to-do-things after he would be inaugurated on May 29, saying that his administration would kill corruption before it kills Nigeria.
Buhari who stated this during a courtesy visit of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akwa Ibom Chapter, in Abuja on Thursday, insisted that the nation’s problems were not ethnic or religious, but corruption.
He said tackling corruption is third on his agenda, after insecurity and unemployment.
“We have to get the issue of the economy right to make sure the jobs are made available and we should try to kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria.
“Let us practice what we preach as well, whoever wins as a governor too has a lot of work to do because corruption is fast becoming a culture and to try to caution people is not an easy task but it must be done,” he said.
He also urged state governors and other public officials to follow his example.
During the meeting, he also encouraged Umana Umana, the APC gubernatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom, who lost to Udom Emmanuel (PDP), with the story of his three political struggles in court.
“I have appealed three times and arrived at the Supreme Court not because I believe the system had changed but this time around, in your own case, you were still denied even with the use of PVCs and the card readers,” he advised. Details on the Premium Times.