Abuja—President
Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to get to the root of those who have stolen from
the petroleum industry, insisting that there would be no cover up in the
implementation of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu committee’s report when received on
Friday.
A statement by Dr.
Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant, Public Affairs, said the accusation by
the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, and the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, that the
Federal Government is trying to cover up the conclusion of the Ribadu report is
baseless and unfounded.
He said: “President
Goodluck Jonathan should be commended for his personal resolve to fight
institutionalized corruption in Nigeria. President Jonathan ordered the probe
of the Oil Industry for the period of ten years (2002 – 2011), which also
covers the tenure of his administration. No president in our history has gone
this far and this explains why the rots in our system have persisted for so
long.”
Okupe stated that
while it is unfair for the members of the SNG and the ANPP to have accused the
Federal Government wrongly, “the president has neither seen nor received any
copy of the Ribadu Committee Report.
“Essentially, what
appears to have been irregularly released prematurely to the media is a draft
copy, which still requires full accent of all members of the committee and
clarifications and due process from the originating Ministry before the
official handing over to the Presidency.”
Source: Vanguard
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