All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of undermining national development and security for the past six years of his administration because of corruption.
He made this statement while speaking to reporters at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja.
Oyegun said “Nigeria since independence has experienced varying degrees of corruption to the extent that it has been one of the recurring reasons for change of national leadership. In spite of strong public disapproval of corruption, the cancer of corruption has continued to spread.
“In the last sixteen years, corruption has grown exponentially to the point that the world has come to stigmatize Nigeria and Nigerians as synonymous with corruption. Our national institutions have been compromised and the continued survival of the country is threatened.
“The operation of the national budget and the maintenance of the military forces have been so severely compromised by corruption that national development and security have been massively undermined under the Jonathan administration of the last six years.”
While outlining how APC will tackle corruption, he said “We declare corruption as evil and the APC will fight it with every resource and vehemence that can be mustered. We will promote personal integrity, government integrity and national integrity. In line with the public statement of one of our national leaders that a “fish rots from the top.
“Our government shall lead by example and signal, through its explicit conduct, a zero tolerance for corruption. All APC governments at all levels shall mandatorily operate an open budgetary process with quarterly report of budget performance. The spirit and letter of public procurement laws/processes shall be scrupulously complied with.
“Our government shall as an article of faith honour all contractual obligations and ensure strict compliance with all court orders/judgments. In the international fora, our government shall abide with agreements freely entered into and our foreign missions must honour all contracts so that the image of Nigeria as a corrupt, lawless and undisciplined country will be changed.”
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