President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed
to ensure that all those involved in the arms procurement graft that led to
the
death of Nigerians are duly prosecuted and jailed according to the laws of the
land.
President Buhari said, “That is why
those who stole monies meant for arms procurement and shared it among
themselves are being arrested and are being shown documents so that they would
be asked to refund the money or face prosecution; we would use those documents
to prove what they stole, collect all the assets acquired from the proceeds and
then jail them.”
Still on his interview with the BBC
Hausa Service, he explained that the Customs, Ports and direct taxes on goods
and services can fund the N6.08trn budget besides his determination to block
leakages in how oil revenue is managed.
“We have also shown the changes we
have made in the Customs; for instance, how much we are making from the Customs
service; how much from petroleum, that is NNPC; how much we are making from the
ports.
There have been lots of leakages in
these sectors. If we block these leakages, we would make much more money to run
the country despite the fall in the price of oil.
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