President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday failed to give specific details of recovered loot as part of his anti-corruption war during his Democracy Day speech, consequently reneging on an earlier promise he made to that effect.

Mr. Buhari had on May 14 said in London that he would personally provide specific details of all recovered stolen public funds because he believed that what Nigerians were being fed through the media were not detailed enough.

“So far, what has come out, what has been recovered in whatever currency from each ministries, departments and individuals, I intend on the 29th to speak on this because all Nigerians are getting from the mass media because of the number of people arrested either by the EFCC, DSS. But we want to make a comprehensive report on the 29th,” Mr. Buhari said while attending the anti-corruption summit in London.

But during his nationwide broadcast on Sunday morning, the president only repeated previous claims that his administration was grappling with bureaucratic hurdles that make it difficult for stolen assets to be recovered from foreign jurisdictions.

“We are also engaged in making recoveries of stolen assets some of which are in different jurisdictions. The processes of recovery can be tedious and time consuming, but today I can confirm that thus far: significant amount of assets have been recovered. A considerable portion of these are at different stages of recovery.

Rather than personally speak on the matter and provide specific details as promised, Mr. Buhari only said he had directed the Ministry of Information to periodically publish details on the assets recovered so far.

“Full details of the status and categories of the assets will now be published by the Ministry of Information and updated periodically. When forfeiture formalities are completed these monies will be credited to the treasury and be openly and transparently used in funding developmental projects and the public will be informed,” Mr. Buhari said.

Based on the President’s May 14 promise, millions of Nigerians had on Sunday morning stayed glued to their radio and TV for the Democracy Day speech.

Some of them said they were dissappointed that Mr. Buhari failed to keep his promise.

The president and his government have of recent come under pressure to publicly substantiate his claims that billions of dollars have been recovered through the administration’s intensified war against graft.

Meanwhile, Mr. Buhari repeated his ministers’ claim that the administration had been able to successfully eliminate 43,000 ‘ghost’ workers that were costing the government N4.2 billion every month from the federal payroll.

“An important first step has been to get our housekeeping right. So we have reduced the extravagant spending of the past. We started boldly with the treasury single account, stopping the leakages in public expenditure.

“In addition, we will save Twenty-Three Billion Naira per annum from official travelling and sitting allowances alone,” Mr. Buhari said.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/204253-buhari-fails-keep-promise-release-details-looters-recovered-assets.html

Hmm, democracy day never finish na, broses and sises.
Baba i still dey wait......

The details will be given in the second anniversary .

You waited for ministers, you waited for budget, just a little more patience for the names of sinners and looters

Make una dey there dey wait .

buhari na potential failure, a scammer

I said it earlier this morning Lol,we don enter on chance!
I can say it again and again,GEJ can never be this bad
Baba even stylishly devalue naira to 285 without our conscience and celebrate one year in office without a single capital project
Continue,2019 is around the corner
I'm a die hard APC fan but if we refuse to tell him the truth like GEJ supporters,he will lose woefully comes 2019
Buhari is a TOTAL FAILURE

It has become a first nature of his, am not sure.

Yet zombies claims he is fighting corruption.. How can a party that
breeds corruption fight corruption?

Liar! I would have called the dunce a big, fat liar but since the description doesn't fit, I'll settle for skinnyass, dessicated, old liar!!!

How can an elderly person like this not know the value of keeping to words spoken and some silly zombie kids still find it fitting to attach integrity to his possessed scarecrow? God forbid! Even details of recovered loot that nobody asked u to provide but u promised by yourself to do so Nigerians are properly informed, u still make urself out to be a lying, untrustworthy bigot! Same with public declaration of assets o! Till tomorrow nothing and u claim saint!!

Devil dey learn work for where Bubu and APC dey abeg!!! Such a terrible shame!

He will deny that he never promised anything like that.

They are all looters... It was from looting they financed PMB election..

Lol

The only thing you can be sure about APC is that they will not do exactly what they said would

baba one chance indeed.... Everything about this man na fake.... deceiving zombies since 18BC

Hmmmm,, watching Nigeria in 3D

Government of promise and fail
Buhari does not have the balls to name them
They already in his cabinet

Another Promise Cancelled (A.P.C.). Tune in to channels @8 pm tonight to hear Femi Adesina do the damage control. Remember that's why he's employed: to give lame excuses and defend ineptitude of PMB while his senior colleague (Shehu) sits back to watch him fight. I really pity Femi somehow, because he's again going to defend/promote a bad market as always.


By the way, i could even barely hear the old man this morning. Thought I should be getting used to his terrible accent by now but it seems to be getting worse by the day. His failing health could also be a contributory factor. I hope one of Fayose's advertorials doesn't come through.

It's not the first time he would renegade on his words. We hope we're seeing the lasts of it though.

It would not be wise to release any name(s)

I never expected him to, has he ever kept any of his promises, abeg make we leave trash for LASTMA.

As long as he doesn't release Nnamdi Kanu, no problem. We can't allow any stupid Biafra for now especially with the problems of the Avengers still rampaging. One nigeria till death

make i keep shut, because i no want another ban. Sai dulla

It is too early to say he refused to release the details of the looted funds. If truly he's fighting corruption and knows how grave it may be not to carry people along, he will truly reveal it. Let's not be too carried away with sentiment. Nigeria belong to us all

So if your daddy Promise to buy you sweet and he forget will you name him a liar abi

Op has he kept any promise before? Why hoping on this man lol

Why not sue him to court?

After all he should have spent his public statement reading a list of names right?

I knew he would never do it

baba buhari fall my hand abeg waiting patiently since may day to hear the names

wish Nigerians can enjoy what Turkmenistans are enjoying...

I was not expecting any list before...... There are more important things to focus on..... It should be done by the ministry of information but i fear oga Lai will say they've recovered quadrillions in few days

He doesnt want to offend the A-PDP-C members who sponsored his campaign with looted funds, obviously.
Anti- "kwarapshan" crusade my foot. Nigerians had better wake up and smell d coffee. 2019 is just around the corner. What campaign promise has PMB fulfilled in one year? NONE. The morning shows the day. Buhari is going to leave Nigeria worse than he met it. Nigerians voted him because he promised to fight corruption and get looted funds back from looters yet the same set of corrupt judges are sitting fat in their offices. How does PMB hope to fight corruption when the judiciary is still filled with corrupt judges? He should keep dreaming. 2019 will jolt him up from his disastrous slumber. NONSENSE!