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Anti-Corruption: The Judiciary Is My Main Headache - Buhari by janzguy: 11:12am On Feb 01, 2016
President Buhari says that the judiciary is his main headache in his ongoing fight against corruption in Nigeria.

According to a statement released by the special adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said this while speaking with Nigerians living in Ethiopia during
his visit to the country over the weekend.

"On the fight against corruption vis-à-vis the judiciary, Nigerians will be right to say that is my main headache
for now. If you reflect on what I went through for twelve years when I wanted to be the President, I attempted
three times and on the fourth attempt through God and the use of technology, it was possible for Nigerians to elect an APC candidate as President. In my first attempt in 2003, I ended up at the Supreme Court and for 13 months I was in court. The second attempt in 2007, I was in court close to 20 months and in 2011, my third attempt, I was
also in court for nine months. All these cases went up to the Supreme Court until the fourth time in 2015, when God agreed that I will be President of Nigeria,’’ Buhari said.

He assured members of the Nigerian community that with the support of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, he will continue to do his best to improve the nation’s judicial administration system. On urban development and infrastructure, Buhari announced that the Federal Government has ordered a review of several railway transport 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 percent of the project. But the Nigerian government was unable to meet up with its counterpart funding of 15 per cent, so the Chinese government was unable to make any impact on the project,’’ he said.

The President said he has directed the Ministers of transportation, finance, power, works and housing, to revisit
the agreements and explore ways of re-approaching the Chinese government for assistance. He added that the Chinese government had indicated interest to assist Nigeria
on project financing through its Export-Import Bank Commenting on the proposed N6.077 trillion 2016 budget submitted to the National Assembly, Buhari said for the first
time in Nigeria, the budget will be largely financed from non-oil revenue. He identified the collapse of the international oil market and oil theft in the Niger Delta as main reasons for projecting more revenues to fund the budget from the non-oil sector.

"The theft of the oil market by some Nigerians that happen to live there who feel that the oil belongs to them
and not the country is an irritating thing for those of us who participated in the civil war for 30 months in which at least 2 million Nigerians were killed,’’ he said.

He also said that the proposed budget would focus on increasing efficiency and transparency in government
operations and the blocking of leakages from revenue generating agencies. He added that the recovered assets of the country would also be used to reduce the budget deficit.


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Re: Anti-Corruption: The Judiciary Is My Main Headache - Buhari by Topccy007: 11:14am On Feb 01, 2016
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Re: Anti-Corruption: The Judiciary Is My Main Headache - Buhari by Junior66(m): 11:19am On Feb 01, 2016
That is why people are right to call you a dictator.
Re: Anti-Corruption: The Judiciary Is My Main Headache - Buhari by Mynd44: 11:31am On Feb 01, 2016

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