The President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja reiterated
his resolve to work with the state Governors, but insisting that lack of accountability,
impunity days, and fiscal carelessness in the running of national resources in
the country, reports ITRealms.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Mr. Femi Adesina in a State House press statement available at the end of the
meeting on Tuesday, June 23 to ITRealms, cautioned the state chief executives.
President Buhari who met with the governors led by Chairman,
Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, at Presidential Villa,
Asokoro Abuja, pledged to recover government funds in the hands of erstwhile government
officials who violated the tenets of their offices by strategically stopping
the leakages.
As said by Adesina, President Buhari advised the 36 state
governors to adhere strictly to the financial and administrative instructions
in every government parastatal and agency.
“… But all these were thrown to the dogs in the past.
Honestly, our problems are great, but we will do our best to surmount them,” he
said.
Pointing out that the next three months may be hard, “but
billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best.”
He expressed shock that the governors had tolerated the allegedly
financial misappropriation with the Excess Crude Account since 2011, but promised
to tackle the issue resolutely.
Particularly, President Buhari expressed display over the
payment of national revenue into any other account than the Federation Account,
which he said was a misuse of the constitution, citing an instance with the happenings
at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and described it as
absolutely unlawful.
On the refund of monies spent on federal projects by state
governments, President Buhari assured the governors that the Federal Government
will pay, but insisted that due process must be followed.
The President promised special assistance for the three
North Eastern states badly affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, stressing
that a comprehensive statement on the economic and financial situation
inherited by his administration will be made to the nation within the next one month.
He lamented that it is clear the incidences that led to the
military intervention was obvious in the last dispensation.
"We will try and put the system back into the right
position. What happened in the 2nd Republic has apparently happened again, and
even worse, but we will restore sanity to the system," part of the press
statement read.
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