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History Of Corruption In Nigeria by AbdulAdam56(m): 10:27pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
(1) 1960-1966: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa- no public funds stolen. (2) 1966 Major Gen. Aguyi Ironsi- no public funds stolen. (3) 1966-1975: Gen. Yakubu Gowon- little stealing of public funds began gradually. (4) 1975-1976: Gen. Murtala Muhammad- zero tolerance for corruption and indiscipline. (5) 1976-1979: Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo- Military egg heads started owning huge property, oil blocs running into millions of dollars. (6) 1979-1983: Alhaji Shehu Shagari- looting galore by ministers party functionaries and other government big wigs. (7) 1984-1985: Major Gen. muhammadu Buhari- zero tolerance for corruption and indiscipline. Some corrupt politicians bagged 200yrs jail terms. ( 1985-1993: Gen Ibrahim Babangida- freed all jailed politicians; liberalized the architecture. In one fell swoop about $12billion varnished. (9) 1993-1998: Gen. sani Abacha- over $25billion looted in 4 turbulent years. (10) 1998- 1999: Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar- about $2b looted in 11 months. (11) 1999- 2007: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo- His bank account said to have grown from #20,000 after leaving prison to multi-billion dollars with choice properties across major cities. $16b allegedly meant for electric power projects vanished. Another # 300b ($2b) for roads disappeared. (12) 2007-2010: Alhaji Umar Yar'Adua- reserved and I'll. Looted funds have not been traced to his regime. (13) 2011-2015: Dr. Goodluck Ebelle Jonathan- in 2011 elections about #2.6trillion disappeared. Over $31b stolen in 2yrs. Another $2.6b was stolen in 2015 elections. More relevations on stolen public funds during his tenure are still emerging. ( Source : the Sundaysun May 15, 2016) |
Re: History Of Corruption In Nigeria by allysin(f): 10:29pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
May God save our nation ,because its turning something else 1 Like |
Re: History Of Corruption In Nigeria by Horlufemi(m): 10:29pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
Nice to know |
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