President Goodluck Jonathan follows his intention to share results of fulfilled presidential promises with the people of Nigeria. This time, Jonathan dedicates his Facebook post to successful re-organization of EFCC and ICPC that led to eradication of corruption in agricultural sector.
Jonathan said the best way to tackle corruption is to eliminate the opportunities for graft. This should be done “through building and strengthening accountability institutions constitutionally empowered”.
Thus, the President re-organized the EFCC and ICPC and appointed leaders of credibility to lead them. Moreover, he “also ensured that no one interfered with their work and we gave them the tools they needed to do their work”.
According to Jonathan, the agricultural sector used to be a ‘fraud’ zone that “siphoned billions of Naira that was meant to procure vitally needed fertilizer to ensure that Nigeria attains National Food Security’.
However, after the administration introduced an e-wallet system – by which farmers were registered and their mobile phones were used to distribute fertilizers and seeds directly from source to end user thereby cutting out the middle man – the food import bill has reduced from 1.1 Trillion Naira in 2009 to 634 billion Naira.
Reportedly, with the help of the technology of the Intergrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), “the Federal Government has weeded out over 50,000 ghost workers from the Federal Civil Service saving 160 billion Naira annually through the process”.
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“As I speak, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently prosecuting offenders who are suspected of perpetrating this fraud,”
Jonathan continued.The President also said that after he signed the Freedom of Information Law (FOI), he allowed everyone in Nigeria to know how much he spends as well as how much is spent by other Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government.
Recently, President Goodluck Jonathan at his campaign rally in Kwara promised to provide jobs for Nigerians through the agricultural sector if elected.
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