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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