Corruption no longer a way of life under Buhari - APC chairman

National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John

Oyegun said this on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, when he received the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger Abubakar Dzukogi and the management team of the polytechnic at the APC secretariat.

The APC chairman noted that President Buhari is delivering on his campaign promises despite the challenges.

“Yes, there are still challenges in the land, there is no question about it,” Oyegun said. “We took over in very difficult circumstances including a fundamental problem of the collapse of the price of crude oil, Conditions were such that we needed an extraordinary man of courage to be able to lead the country out the crisis that we inherited to the increasing economic stability and progress which this nation clearly is beginning to attain,” he added.

Oyegun said the fight against corruption, one of the major promises of the APC is being won to the extent that it can no longer be a threat to the national economy, where it becomes an acceptable way of life.

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“On infrastructure, a lot of beautiful work is going on, particularly on the railway system. You cannot carry meaningful development on trucks on the highways... Development has to be carried on the back of a modern railway system and the president has made that a top priority and today we can say on the implementation platform is 5oookm of modern standard gauge railway that will cut across the length and breadth of this country.

“On corruption, we all know that corruption is fighting back. But it is not a problem you fight with a flick of a switch, because corruption is very rich, corruption is very wealthy, corruption is very elitist, they are bound to fight back and they are fighting back. But thank God we have a president who is single-minded about taming that scourge and tame it we will. We know now that corruption is not as brazen as it was.

“We don’t just now take money from the public till and distribute to politicians and the rest of it, that no longer happens... nobody is saying corruption has been wiped out, there is no country in the world where corruption has been wiped out, but it is being tackled in Nigeria to the point where it can no longer be a threat to the national economy, where it does not become an acceptable way of life, of doing business.” Odigie-Oyegun added.

Buhari excellently fighting corruption

Former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu says the Buhari administration is fighting corruption extremely well.

"Buhari is doing extremely well. Fighting corruption is not easy; the more you see people are complaining, the more it means you are doing well. So it is a sort of badge of honour for those who are doing it.

"There are a lot of people saying so many things, but it is natural when you are fighting corruption. When it is silent, then things are not happening. So I am very okay with what is going on,” Ribadu announced.