General Yakubu Gowon (retd) has revealed that the reason the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is having problem is due to corruption. The Punch reports that the former head of state made this disclosure at the Northern Nigeria Stakeholders’ Town Hall Engagement at Arewa House in Kaduna.Gowon noted that deterioration of
the quality of infrastructure, healthcare delivery among others in the country was due to corruption. He said: “Truth be told, the fight against corruption is a fight that we must overcome, we must win it and win it decisively. “Corruption has also caused deterioration in the quality of infrastructure, healthcare delivery and education among others.” Gowon described the current economic period as the most challenging ever. He said: “I believe that the troubles and problems we have gone through in the past few years have helped Nigerians to see more clearly the difference between a self-sustaining economy and one that relies totally on a wasting asset such as oil.” Alhaji Ahmed Gusau who is the zonal director of the Central Bank of Nigeria represented Mr. Godwin Emefiele said the path to growth and prosperity “is investing in basic infrastructure like roads, airports railways and information technology as well as enhancing fiscal policy more than ever before.”
He said: “We are gratified that the CBN’s borrower’s programme, together with other initiatives like Commercial Agricultural Scheme and NIRSAL are proving to be successful in several states.” Aliyu Wamako also represented Senator Bukola Saraki at the event and said the “Senate was working to create appropriate legislative interventions to resolve the issues of obsolete regulatory and legal frameworks in the system, reduce cost of doing business, improve investor confidence and reduce obstacles associated with doing business in Nigeria.”
source: https://www.naij.com/1061866-reason-buharis-government-problem-gowon-discloses-northern-elders.html
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