The All Progressives Congress has warned against
any attempt to truncate the ongoing fight against
corruption under any guise, while also expressing
total support for President Buhari’s determination to
end the scourge of corruption in the country. In a
statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party appealed to all Nigerians, especially opinion
leaders, to ensure that their actions and utterances
do not give comfort to those who have looted the
commonwealth.
”Our party promised Nigerians change, but the change that
we promised and which Nigerians desire so much cannot be
achieved if we allow the resources that belong to all
Nigerians to be appropriated by a few. How do we upgrade
our decayed infrastructure and provide jobs for our people
when the money meant for that has been squirelled away by
a few?
”President Buhari has promised to break the vicious cycle of
corruption that has held Nigeria down. How can he do that if
he allows those who have looted the treasury to escape
justice, and then use their ill-gotten wealth to fight the
government? How can he do that if he turns a blind eye to
the monumental cases corruption in all sectors.
”We know that fighting corruption in a society where the
cankerworm has eaten deep into its fabric will not be easy.
We know that corruption will always fight back. But there is
no other choice than to confront and destroy this monster
once and for all, lest it destroys Nigeria,” it said. APC said
the President’s sincerity of purpose can be seen from his
statement that any of his party members who is found to be
corrupt will not escape justice.
”Therefore, those who are shouting themselves hoarse by
saying the Buhari Administration’s fight against corruption is
selective or is a distraction are only seeking to sabotage the
epic battle.
”If they have any case of corruption against any member of
the APC, they should forward their evidence to the
appropriate anti-corruption agency. But to take to the
airwaves and the pages of newspaper to use their paid
agents to launch a campaign against the anti-graft fight is to
fight against the very existence and survival of Nigeria.
”The danger in truncating the fight against corruption is that
it will consign Nigeria to poverty, insecurity and
unemployment in perpetuity. That is why we are restating
our unalloyed support for the President, and urging him not
to be deterred or distracted by those hiding under sophistry
to weaken the fight,” the party said. It said those who are
engaging in nitpicking on the anti-corruption fight are simply
implementing a well-oiled plan to make enough noise by
accusing the Buhari Administration of being selective, and
hope to create enough confusion and distraction to
hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians.
”We are glad that most Nigerians have lent their support to
the government’s fight against corruption, going by their
interventions on the Social Media which has now become a
people’s parliament of sorts, and other fora. We urge them
not to relent in their support, irrespective of the antics of the
naysayers,” APC said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment