Jonathan vows to eradicate corruption in oil sector, if re-elected

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to entrench greater transparency and eradicate corruption in the nation’s oil sector if re-elected.

He gave the commitment on Sunday evening in Lagos at a youth event titled “An unimaginable feat in sports” designed to highlight his administration’s achievements in the sports sector.

The event which lasted till the early hours of Monday attracted sports men and women, young professionals as well as beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s scholarship schemes among others.

According to the President, his administration will work tirelessly to ensure that Nigerians are not stigmatised any where in the world because of corruption, adding that the same way his administration was able to use technology to tackle corruption in many areas such as fertilizer distribution, procurement and salary payment, he will do so to check corruption in the general society.

“We are going into oil sector. People talk about the oil industry because that is an industry with a lot of people and a lot of money is involved. But I promise you that in the next four years, we will sanitise the oil sector” he said.

The president however emphasised that the issue of corruption was being exaggerated leading to the creation of an impression that the whole country was corrupt.

The President also promised to work with the young people because of his conviction that parents who do not encourage young ones are preparing their families for extinction.

Specifically, he promised that he will give more youths under the age of 40 years more opportunities to serve as ministers and heads of government parastatals.