President Goodluck Jonathan has
confirmed that truly there is corruption in his government but he claims it is
not as bad as many are being made to believe by the media. He said it's just
'small corruption'.
Jonathan, who was speaking at the
Presidential Power Reform Transaction signing ceremony at the banquet hall of
Aso Rock in Abuja on Monday, claimed that:
“Yes, there are issues of
corruption in this country but somehow it has been over amplified. People
should watch how we have been conducting government business. We have been
bringing down the issues of corruption gradually.
“Look at the power sector, when
we started initially there were stories in the papers but at the end, even when
I was in the US, companies from there that participated said publicly that the
process was transparent and issues of corruption was not there.
“At least, today we have also
heard directly, that the process was transparent and that there were no issues
of manipulations or corruptions.”
Urging Nigerians to support him,
Jonathan said: “I plead with Nigerians that the country belongs to all of us
and we will all protect what belongs to us, what belongs to our children and
what belongs to the generation yet unborn. We are committed to doing our best
for this country God willing, we will succeed.”
Mr President's claim is coming few days after the United States government indicted the Federal Government which he heads of massive and widespread corruption.
Mr President's claim is coming few days after the United States government indicted the Federal Government which he heads of massive and widespread corruption.
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