President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday again admitted that corruption was currently pervading the nation’s system. He however said the reports of the menace were being exaggerated.
Jonathan spoke at the presidential power reform transactions signing ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, barely three days after the United States government indicted the Federal Government of massive and widespread corruption.
According to the US Department of State’s report, government officials and agencies frequently engaged in corrupt practices with impunity. This was contained in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, which was released on Friday.
In the report, the judiciary and security agencies, especially the police, were said to be lacking in transparency. But Jonathan insisted that although there were cases of corruption in the country, the menace was being “over-amplified.”
The President said, “Let me continue to assure Nigerians 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.
On the signing of the power transactions, the President told Nigerians that his government cared for them and that he would not rest until he fixed the nation’s power sector.
Via Punch
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