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With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by olaolulazio(m): 12:41pm On Sep 07, 2015
Following the declaration of asset by President
Muhammadu Buhari, which puts his savings at
$150,000 (N30m ), The Washington Post has said
in one of its’ report that Buhari may be the least
corrupt in Africa.
According to the reports which was tied to
obtainable standards of other sub-Saharan
African leaders, Buhari was described as being
‘dirt-poor’.
Recall that a statement released by Senior
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the
President, Garba Shehu, reveals that Buhari has
N30m ($150,000) in his savings account, owns
five homes and two mud houses, an orchard and
ranch with 270 head of cattle, 25 sheep, five
horses and a variety of birds. He has bought two
cars from his savings.
“President Buhari had no foreign account, no
factory and no enterprises. He also had no
registered company and no oil wells,” reads the
statement released by the spokesman, Garba
Shehu, describing the president’s assets as
“Spartan.”
The Washington Post stated, “Corruption, after all,
is a major problem in Africa’s largest economy.
Buhari himself has publicly said that more than
$150 billion is missing from the government’s
coffers. Still, the public declaration appears to
be an attempt to show some much-needed
transparency. Buhari was elected in March largely
by promising that he wouldn’t tolerate corruption.
‘What’s clear is that Buhari has done what his
predecessors — and most other African leaders —
have never done.’
However, It was stated in the report that the
question on many minds is: Is Buhari, Nigeria’s
former military ruler and ex-head of the oil
ministry, telling the truth?
The full report read thus
By the standards of sub-Saharan African leaders,
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is dirt-
poor.
According to a statement released by his
government, he has $150,000 in his savings
account. He owns five homes and two mud
houses, an orchard and ranch with 270 head of
cattle, 25 sheep, five horses and a variety of
birds. He has bought two cars from his savings
“President Buhari had no foreign account, no
factory and no enterprises. He also had no
registered company and no oil wells,” reads the
statement released by the spokesman, Garba
Shehu, describing
The question on many minds is this: Is Buhari,
Nigeria’s former military ruler and ex-head of the
oil ministry, telling the truth?
Corruption, after all, is a major problem in Africa’s
largest economy. Buhari himself has publicly said
that more than $150 billion is missing from the
government’s coffers. Still, the public declaration
appears to be an attempt to show some much-
needed transparency. Buhari was elected in March
largely by promising that he wouldn’t tolerate
corruption.
What’s clear is that Buhari has done what his
predecessors — and most other African leaders —
have never done.
Consider these five other African leaders. They
have been labeled by Forbes Magazine as the
“five worst leaders in Africa.”
1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of
Equatorial Guinea
He’s Africa’s longest-serving ruler, an autocrat
who leads the tiny, oil-rich West African nation of
Equatorial Guinea. Despite its vast natural wealth,
the majority of its people live in deep poverty with
no access to clean drinking water, proper
educational or health facilities. One fifth of
children die before age 5. The money has gone
into the pockets of Mbasogo and his family. They
own luxury properties in the United States and
other countries, a private jet and a fleet of luxury
cars.
2. José Eduardo dos Santos, president of Angola
He’s Africa’s second-longest-serving leader.
Angola is the continent’s second-largest oil
producer, and one of the biggest suppliers of oil
to the United States. It also has massive
diamond deposits. Dos Santos’s relatives hold
key positions in his government and control a
huge share of Angola’s economy, amid
widespread allegations of corruption. Nearly 70
percent of the population lives in dire poverty, and
a third of the nation’s children are malnourished.
3. Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe
He has ruled the southern African nation for a
quarter-century. He was the architect of
controversial policies, most notably the seizure of
white-owned commercial farms. Though the
country in recent years has seen an economic
rebound, Mugabe remains one of the continent’s
most autocratic rulers. He wields nearly total
control of government institutions, and his
loyalists have used violence to retain control.
Human rights abuses are rife, while
unemployment remains among the highest in sub-
Saharan Africa.
4. Omar Al-Bashir, president of Sudan
Bashir seized power in a bloodless military coup in
1989 and has since disbanded political parties,
the nation’s parliament and many privately-
owned media outlets. Under his rule, civil war
erupted, in which more than 1 million people were
killed. Bashir is wanted by the International
Criminal Court at the Hague on charges of war
crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in
the killing and rape of civilians in Sudan’s Darfur
region. A U.S. diplomatic cable, leaked by
Wikileaks, unveiled that Bashir may have stolen
as much as $9 billion from state coffers and
deposited it into his private bank accounts in
Great Britain.
5. King Mswati III, king of Swaziland
He is the continent’s last reigning monarch,
presiding over a nation with one of the world’s
highest HIV rates, where average life expectancy
— 33 years — is among the lowest in the world.
Despite his people’s suffering, the king leads a
lavish life with a taste for luxury cars, first-class
travel and expensive parties, even as the nation’s
economy is in dire straits.
Sudarsan Raghavan has been The Post’s Kabul
bureau chief since 2014. He was previously based
in Nairobi and Baghdad for the Post.

Source; http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/with-n30m-savings-buhari-may-be-least-corrupt-leader-in-a/
Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by BlackrulesDworld(m): 12:45pm On Sep 07, 2015
In paper and ink!!!
Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by BlackrulesDworld(m): 12:45pm On Sep 07, 2015
On paper and ink!!!
Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by olaolulazio(m): 12:48pm On Sep 07, 2015
How?
Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by divinehand2003(m): 12:53pm On Sep 07, 2015
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Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by DahBlack(m): 12:56pm On Sep 07, 2015
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Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by Nobody: 1:45pm On Sep 07, 2015
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Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by olaolulazio(m): 3:39pm On Sep 07, 2015
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Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by glassjar1: 3:45pm On Sep 07, 2015
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Re: With N30m Savings, Buhari May Be Africa’s Least Corrupt Leader – Report by olaolulazio(m): 6:01pm On Sep 07, 2015
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