Buhari To WITHDRAW National Honours From LOOTERS
Category: Nigerian National News
President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly considering
stripping national honours from any Nigerians found guilty of looting
the treasury of the nation, as part of his war against corruption, The
Punch Newspaper reported.
It was learnt that the President’s position was that the nation should not be seen to be honouring any fraudulent person.
“The President will not hesitate to strip any corrupt
person of national honour. Can you honour a person for milking the
nation dry? It is irrelevant how long such persons have been bestowed
with the national honours, they will be stripped of them,” the source
said.
When contacted, the Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said it was reasonable that
anybody found to be corrupt should be stripped of national honours.
Adesina however said such withdrawal of national honours
would not be done until affected persons had been convicted by competent
courts.
“Although it has not been considered, it is reasonable that
those found guilty of corruption should be stripped of national honours
bestowed on them. However, this will not be done before conviction,”
the presidential spokesman said.
While announcing the establishment of the Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption on Monday, Adesina had said its
brief was to advise the present administration on the prosecution of the
war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in
Nigeria’s criminal justice system.
He said the committee was also saddled with the
responsibility of developing comprehensive interventions for achieving
the recommended reforms.
Punch Newspaper.
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