EVEN BUHARI'S CLOSEST FRIEND WON'T BE SPARED IN ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR - OSINBAJO

Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo, said yesterday
that in order to ensure that the Nigerian
society is completely purged of corruption,
the anti-graft war would be holistic, warning
that even the political associates and friends
of President Muhammadu Buhari would not
be spared.
Osinbajo who reiterated that the president has
a zero tolerance for corruption, stresed that
he would never cover for his friends.
The vice president spoke during an interview
at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He said: “The major drain on the country’s
resources. No one would be spared in the
fight against corruption because, even the
close friends of the president know that they
will not be spared; he will not cover for them.
Fighting corruption is a priority.”
Osinbajo also spoke on the 200,000
unemployed graduates had been selected to
be engaged by the federal government under
the N-power Jobs Programme, adding that
this was in fulfillment of campaign promises
of the administration.
“We expect that before the end of the month,
we will engage 200,000 out of the 500,000
unemployed graduates the Buhari
administration plans to hire in the N-Power
Jobs Programme,” he said.


Sourced and edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE