Inundated by graft allegations, Nigerian govt says it is winning the war against corruption

Despite allegations of corruption involving top government officials, the Federal Government has boasted that it is already “winning the war against corruption”.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has “succeeded in driving corruption under the table”.

Mohammed spoke when he visited offices of a national newspaper in Abuja on Tuesday. He also said that the Federal Government has come up with a comprehensive strategy to tackle violent extremism across the country.

A statement released by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, quoted the minister as saying that the strategy was contained in a document entitled, ‘Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism’, which was launched by President Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday.

He noted that the document was developed after consultations with the agencies of government, civil society organizations, media, academia and the international community.

According to the minister, Buhari’s administration is steadily restoring peace and security to the North-east, which was in the grip of the terrorists when the present government assumed office on May 29, 2015..
He said, “We have put Boko Haram on the run. Occasionally, they attack soft targets, but even that is being tackled with intelligence-driven measures.”

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On the economy, the minister said that Buhari’s administration is revamping the economy, adding that the Naira is now stable, foreign reserves have risen from 23 billion to 35 billion dollars within a year, Nigeria has been named among the top 10 reforming economies in the world and the country has leapfrogged 24 places in the ease of doing business rankings.

”We are taming inflation, which has fallen for eight consecutive months. We are building infrastructure and we are creating jobs. Also, I am glad to inform you that capital importation into Nigeria in Q3 2017 recorded a substantial increase, compared to the past few quarters, as the economy continued to recover from recession. The total capital imported in Q3 was recorded at $4,145.1 million, more than double the inflow in the second quarter of this year, representing an increased value of 147.5% on a year-on-year basis,” he said.

 

 

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