President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that as far his administration’s ongoing anti-corruption fight was concerned, the nation’s judiciary remained a stumbling block and his major headache.
Mr President also stressed that the fight against corruption in Nigeria could only be effectively tackled with the strong support of the judiciary against the looters of our common wealth.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke in Addis Ababa at a town hall meeting he held with Nigerians living in Ethiopia.
He said far-reaching reforms of the judiciary remained a key priority for the present administration.
Buhari said his travails in courts during his failed bid for the nation’s Presidency on three occasions, which took him to the Supreme Court three times, were clear indications that the judiciary needed urgent reforms.
On urban development and infrastructure, Buhari said the Government had ordered a review of several railway projects signed by the previous administration with the Chinese government.
“The Chinese government was very generous to Nigeria on the projects signed with the previous government because they agreed to pay 85 per cent of the project.
“But the Nigerian government was unable to meet up with its counterpart funding of just 15 per cent; so, the Chinese government was unable to make any impact on the project,” he said.
Buhari said he had directed the ministers of Transportation, Finance as well as Power, Works and Housing to revisit the agreements and explore ways of re-approaching the Chinese government for assistance.
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