SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, (THEWILL) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has declared that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to sustaining the anti-corruption fight and to ensure that the system is cleaned up and government business is done the right way.
Speaking on Tuesday, during a courtesy visit by the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers in the State House, Abuja, Osinbajo noted that the fight against corruption is a difficult fight and urged that in response to the malaise of corruption, the intellectual elites, whether religious, political in particular or academic elites must stand up for what is right.
“If we are not able to sustain the trouble against corruption, we will end up in a very, very bad way as a nation,” he said noting that the Defence contract of $15 billion which was frittered away in people’s pockets, “is half of our country’s foreign reserves.”
“We have seen it in so many different ways that at almost every state, corruption fights back and fights very fiercely.
“We should be able to examine our priorities because for us corruption is not a moral issue, it is an existential issue.
“To a large extent it will determine whether we will survive as a corporate whole because of the way people feel that when I get into an office I will go after the resources of the state, and I will go after it in the most vicious and the most reckless manner that is possible.”
Earlier, the leader of the Association, Prof. Godwin Nwabueze Okeke, commended the Vice President for being available for the visit and asked him to declare open the forthcoming 50th Conference of the Association which is taking place in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in June, 2017 revealing that the association is solidly in support of the Federal Government and is ready to assist in whichever way needed.
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