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
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