Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state and former coordinating minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have made a strong case for Nigerians to support the effort of President Muhammadu Buhari to stamp out corruption from the country.
NAIJ.com gathered that in separate interviews on the sideline of the just-concluded 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of Government of the African Union in Mauritania, Obaseki and the former Minister of Finance urged Nigerians to back President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight for a prosperous Nigeria.
Obaseki said: “The African continent has not given up hope on us because they see in our leader someone who has the willingness to tackle this problem, which we have as a country and so I urge Nigerians to understand that it is not a personal battle.”
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The Edo state governor emphasised that the fight against corruption “should not be a solo effort. It is about us, as we have one more opportunity as a country to deal with this cancer, this cankerworm that has held us down.”
Okonjo-Iwealaon her part said: “We are here at the African Union because the AU is very concerned about corruption on the African continent. Obviously, the body has asked our President to lead the fight against corruption. What that means to me is that in Nigeria we also need to strengthen our effort, work very strongly to make sure that we set an example.
“I think all of us should be involved. I want to repeat that fighting corruption is a task for every Nigerian. I believe that majority of Nigerians are honest, hardworking people who just want to get on with their lives. So we must not allow the majority to be overtaken by the minority of people. We must fight them, we must put in place the systems and these should be done by all of us.”
Governor Obaseki, however, enlisted the support of the AU in the state’s industrialisation drive, in a spirited effort to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the state.
The governor, who was part of Nigeria’s delegation to the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government AU, stressed the friendly investment climate in the state and the support structures put in place by the state government to promote and protect investments.
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NAIJ.com previously reported that photographs released by the presidency in the evening of Sunday, June 1, confirmed a rare meeting between former finance minister and coordinator of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Muhammadu Buhari in Mauritania.
Buhari, Nigeria’s president, was in Mauritania for the African Union summit after an earlier visit to Katsina, his home state.
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