I’ll Probe Alleged $20BN Missing NNPC Funds – Buhari President-elect, Buhari
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| President-elect Muhammadu Buhari |
President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), on Sunday said his
administration would take a second look at the claim by a former
Governor of the Central Bank, now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, that
$20bn, that was supposed to be remitted by the NNPC to the federation
account, could not be unaccounted.
Buhari said this while
receiving a delegation of party supporters and newly elected officials
on the platform of the All Progressives Congress from Adamawa State at
his campaign office in Abuja.
The President-Elect, who spoke in
the local Hausa language, expressed surprise that instead of probing the
allegations by the former CBN governor, the authorities chose to fire
him.
According to him, since Sanusi’s claim was documented, his
administration will take a second look at the document when he assumes
power on May 29th.
Buhari said, “On the issue of corruption, I
heard that some people have started returning money. I will not believe
it until I go and see for myself.
“You all know what the Emir of
Kano talked about when he was the governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria. He said $20 billion dollars, not naira, $20 billion dollars,
was unaccounted for; they said it was a lie. Instead of investigating
it, they sacked him. And God in his infinite mercy made him the Emir of
Kano. In any case, that is what he wanted. And since this was
documented, the new administration will take a look at it.”
This
is against the background of a pronouncement by the Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, that the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation has started refunding the unremitted
$1.48bn into the federation account.
While expressing gratitude
to the visiting delegation, Buhari in response to several requests,
said his administration would work in tandem with the manifesto of the
APC.
He listed priority areas to include security of lives and property, the economy, job creation and the war against corruption.
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