President Muhammadu Buhari regretted
yesterday that many good Nigerians who
would have been qualified for ministerial
positions had been compromised.

He, however, noted that even though for
want of credible persons, the ministerial list
is being delayed, he will not risk appointing
such people into his cabinet because it
would amount to taking the country back to
square one.

Buhari who said this when he appeared as a
guest on Good Morning Nigeria, a breakfast
network programme of the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA), also assured that
the federal government is perfecting the
necessary documents with which to
prosecute crude oil thieves in the country.
He said up to the 10th of this month, oil
thieves continued lifting crude oil illegally,
adding that the culprits are people in
government.

On the ministerial appointments, the
president said the process is taking too long
because capable persons in the country
have been compromised by people who
planned to use them to destroy the country’s
economy.

He said, “From what I have seen so far, we
need very patriotic Nigerians, Nigerians that
can work very hard with knowledgeable
experience, committed Nigerians to be in
charge of ministries. A lot of institutions in
Nigeria are compromised, everybody for
himself and God for all of us. It is most
unfortunate.

“We have people, educated and experienced
people, but everybody seems to be working
for himself on how much they could get
away with as soon as possible. We have to
look for technocrats and politicians. We
have to look out for decent people in this
class to give them the responsibility of being
in charge of ministries and important
parastatals”.

Noting that no compromised person will
make it as a minister in his government,
Buhari said, “We will try as mush as possible
to avoid appointing hostages; by this, I mean
people who have been in the system but
compromised their personal and
professional integrity. It is taking so much
time because a number of knowledgeable
people have been compromised.

“They have been compromised by people
who will like to depend on them to damage
our economy and security; a lot of them
have been compromised. The worst thing
that I think can happen is to get a
compromised person to be in charge of
institutions. There is no way he could be
efficient or patriotic.

“Somebody behind the scene will be tele-
guiding him at the expense of the nation.
This is what we are trying to avoid and I
assure you that so much damage has been
done to Nigeria. We cannot rush to give this
responsibility to people that have
unfortunately been compromised.

“Because there is no way you can effectively
supervise, let’s say 20 ministries, you have
to give it to people you trust and you allow
them to perform according to the
constitution of the country. If you appoint
compromised people, then we will be back
to square one and Nigeria will be the loser”.
President Buhari further said the level of
corruption in the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is terrible to
the extent that the corporation does not
even know how many bank accounts it
operates.

He said, “The multiparty democratic system
for developing countries has its advantages
and relative disadvantages in the sense that
for us to get the help of the developed
countries, we have to get our facts:
documents, complete and reliable
investigation, take them to court and get
these people prosecuted.

“Meanwhile, the theft continues. Up to the
10th of this month, our crude is still being
illegally lifted by people who are in
government. We are trying to get these
documents; we are getting cooperation from
the international community. We are going
very soon to make sure that those who
perpetrated this crime against Nigeria will
be faced with facts and be taken to our
courts.

“We have got the cooperation of some of the
countries that are the destinations of our
crude and we are discussing with them. We
have to maintain high confidentiality so that
we don’t risk some of the people in Nigeria
that are helping us to trace the destinations
of this stolen crude and then the accounts
where the proceeds are being paid instead
of the federal government’s account.

“I don’t think the NNPC knows how many
accounts are there in which payments are
made on Nigerian crude. The monumental
fraud has been going on for a number of
years; a lot of Nigerians cannot comprehend
it”.

He added that the moment Nigeria complies
with the requirements of the benefitting
countries, “they are very willing to make
sure that all those accounts are frozen and
the money repatriated to Nigeria. It is not an
easy process but I assure you that we are
working very hard.”

On the leadership crisis in the National
Assembly, the president explained that he
decided not to interfere because doing so
will be against the principle of separation of
powers.

He regretted, however, that because of
selfish ambitions, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) members in the federal
legislature allowed the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to take advantage of
the crisis and relegate the ruling party to the
background.

His words: “I have to be very sensitive to the
constitution of the country. I do not like to
be told by anybody especially the legislators
that I am interfering in their matter. There
are three arms of government: executive,
legislature and the judiciary.

“Over the last 16 years, they have developed
the system of choosing their leaders. There
is no way I can directly interfere. All I can do
through the party is to appeal to their
conscience that what I already observed, we
should go over it as soon as possible.”

“When I say we, I mean the APC. We cannot
win the battle and lose the war. We must not
allow individual personal ambition to
succeed in dividing us and allow PDP to deal
with us. This is what the National Assembly
has allowed so far, the APC is giving the PDP
the allowance to take over the government
again.

“This is extremely disheartening, I am very
worried.The only think I can do is to appeal
to the conscience of the APC members in
the Senate and House. It took us time to get
to where we are, I don’t want personal
ambitions to scuttle our success and
therefore fail to deliver on our promises to
the nation”.

On reports that he was planning split the
NNPC into two, Buhari who noted that he
also read the reports noted that the best
way to go about it is to first establish the fact
of the magnitude of the inexplicable way the
NNPC conducted itself.

He also blamed the protracted fuel scarcity
in the country on corruption which he said
had killed all important public institutions.
He said, “When we do that, we will be on
higher moral ground to do whatever
recommendations made to us. The problem
of fuel scarcity is one of the problems. We
all know we used to have four refineries
refining daily on the average of about
450,000 barrels per day.

“We had 25 depots all over the country from
Maiduguri to Ilorin, from Gusau to Yola,
from Makurdi to Port Harcourt to Ibadan. All
these infrastructure have virtually been
vandalized amd Nigerians are forced to buy
products from world markets as if Nigeria
hasn’t invested in the industry.

“This is sheer corruption and inefficiency.
This situation cannot be undone overnight.
Firstly, we have to organize with our
partners who had been developing the
petroleum sector. Nigeria was constituency
losing on a daily basis millions of dollars.

“I think those who have been operating in
the industry have been displaying lack of
conscience and patriotism. Only God knows
the amount of damage done to Nigeria”.

On whether the United States is willing to
sell arms to Nigerian following the
President’s four day visit to the country,
Buhari said his administration had been
able get clear cut assurance from the US
that it assist Nigeria in many ramifications.

“Americans are willing to help us, they
understand our problems, they sympathize
with us”, he stated.



Cc:lalasticlala

Source: http://leadership.ng/news/449953/no-compromised-nigerian-will-make-ministerial-list-pmb

will compromised Nigerians be contractors to your government?
will you give tinubu license to import pms?
or will you dash him one oil block?

Ameachi and Obygeli. Must be in that compromised Nigerian list.

So PA Buhari never get ministers ni? I even forget sef.

Abeg Truckpusher, guage me your cigar.

Good baba thinks like this and I agree with him but my problem is which Nigerian is not compromised? Maybe we no go get ministers then because all of them Na sophisticated thief

Sai Baba.

Buhari support NASS members electing their own leaders but TINUBU led APC faction was imposing their goons on the house

Buhari won't appoint ministers who would be controlled behind the scene .... Riot act to the Tinubus.

Mr Joker. Who among those that sponsored you is not compromised? Anyway, I know you don't know the meaning of being compromised. PA explain it to him. Even your appointments so far are compromised. By leaving your corrupt friends and pursuing your perceived enemies, you are already compromised.

Shut up and release your Boko list

'I have not a single clue of what I am supposed to do" - Buhari, The DULLARD

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Give most positions 2 us the youth! We have not been compromised rather we have only been victimised! We also want 2 write our names in gold and finally take our destiny into our own hands! Expired and old politicians have always failed naija, so be brave and make a radical shift! After all most of una bin start 2 dey run things in una 20's and 30's!

Ok

@lalasticlala I sight you, please do the needful. PMB needs to empower we the youths as we have not been compromise in funlord voice.

Let america nominate some of their citizens for us.after his tenure they can go back

Whatever!!Provided that Rotimi Mohammed Amaechi's Name is among the compromised list.

May almighty God help yu PMB, yu are trying yur best fo dis our country but some people are saying rubbish because dey are de enemies of dis country.
GOD BLESSED NIGERIAN
GOD BLESSED PMB.