President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will publish the names of treasury looters who are currently returning stolen money.

According to THE CABLE, President Buhari made the promise while speaking at the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja.

He said, ''We have taken steps towards recovering a reasonable amount of the money that was looted or misappropriated from public coffers. Investigations are ongoing on public officers who served, or are still serving, and those whose conduct are questionable will be compelled to accept the path of honour and surrender their loot''.

''As I stated recently, a good number of people who abused their positions are voluntarily returning the illicit funds. I have heard it said that we should disclose the names of the people, and the amount returned. Yes, in due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information available to the public on the surrendered funds, but I must remark that it is yet early days, and any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries. But we owe Nigerians adequate information, and it shall come in due course. It is part of the collective effort to change our land from the bastion of corruption it currently is, to a place of probity and transparency.

''Quite frankly, the anti-corruption war is not strictly about me as a person, it is about building a country where our children, and the forthcoming generations, can live in peace and prosperity. When you see dilapidated infrastructure round the country, it is often the consequence of corruption.

''Poor healthcare, collapsed education, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions. Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.”

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Posted: at 11-12-2015 08:43 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Good one mr Presido. But poster there's so many erros in ur english.

Posted: at 11-12-2015 08:59 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

[b]''Poor healthcare, collapsed education, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions. Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.�

Posted: at 11-12-2015 08:59 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

WE ARE WAITING AND WATCHING

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:07 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

[b]''Poor healthcare, collapsed education, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions. Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.�

a true upright and outstanding statesman

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:16 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

@Osarobo62 I feel you

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:23 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

This man is the right person for the job now

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:24 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Good. But he must Starr from d beginning if not I won't buy to dis. Obasanjo return some money during d inauguration. Why??? cus he is a thief. Now let's do it together. probe all d past thieves especially those who run to APC so they won't be probe. Everybody must be probed. Chikena.  

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:24 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

I will say that is a good beginning of a good government but Mr president I'll really love you to start it from they time of babagida to the time of Goodluck Jonathan nobody should be left out even the guys in your government should be looked with open eye. Thank you.

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:43 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Pls Mr. President, begin to call names of the looters and the amt they are returning. Supposing jona win the election, naija for enter big yawa bc we for nor hear all dis huge amt stolen by individual.

Posted: at 11-12-2015 09:51 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Good. But he must Starr from d beginning if not I won't buy to dis. Obasanjo return some money during d inauguration. Why??? cus he is a thief. Now let's do it together. probe all d past thieves especially those who run to APC so they won't be probe. Everybody must be probed. Chikena.  

who need your support? seem u be Jonathan secret wife.. see why jonathan no carry them OBJ AND IBB?  when he was in power!! he was busy drinking kai kai and dey chop money

Posted: at 11-12-2015 10:45 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

Let Buhari continue to receive the money 'jeje' and forget about disclosing names. An agreement is an Agreement, which a gentleman must keep. Disclose the names and risk a drying up of the slush funds; the powerful ones among these looters will simply call the bluff of the government and make themselves available to the Courts; and the cases will not get any headway until the end of this Administration.

Posted: at 11-12-2015 10:52 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

who need your support? seem u be Jonathan secret wife.. see why jonathan no carry them OBJ AND IBB?  when he was in power!! he was busy drinking kai kai and dey chop money

BRODA , I LIKE UR RESPONSE 2 (winace) IT SEEM GEJ HAVE FCUKING HIS ASS COZ ANYTIN CONCERN GEJ DIS MEN WILL HOLD HIS MUSCLE LIKE CATERPILLAR N IF WE WILL WANT 2 RATE PAST PRESIDENT WE'LL RATE ABACHA N GEJ IN THE SAME LEVEL COZ GEJ REGIME FINISH NIGERIA, LIKE IT OR NOT BUT DAT'S D FACT !!!

Posted: at 12-12-2015 02:39 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

I will say that is a good beginning of a good government but Mr president I'll really love you to start it from they time of babagida to the time of Goodluck Jonathan nobody should be left out even the guys in your government should be looked with open eye. Thank you.

PERFECTLY TALK BRODA, NO BROTHER IN JUNGLE OR TRIBALISM IN DEAD LAND ANY BEGGAR DAT INVOLVE MUST PAYBACK IF MR BUHARI HAS D POWER 2 PROBE THEM !!! DOSE EVIL LEADERS HAVE RUIN 9JA

Posted: at 12-12-2015 02:46 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

I will like to thank those looters on behalf of Buhari for acknowledging the fact that they are thieves and returning our money to us

Posted: at 12-12-2015 05:53 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

I will like to thank those looters on behalf of Buhari for acknowledging the fact that they are thieves and returning our money to us

you are correct.  But we don't need to thank Them . Are they happy to return this money ?

Posted: at 12-12-2015 06:15 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

You will publish their names so make we carry am do wetin?

Posted: at 12-12-2015 07:31 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

God bless you Mr president !

Posted: at 12-12-2015 09:36 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Nice step, but hope this is not the step of rubbing Peter to pay Paul. Recovered loots should be used for the right purpose of creating employment and developing infrastructure.

Posted: at 12-12-2015 10:03 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Priority should be given to how the returned money would be managed to alleviate poverty in our country not a long-fake-list of innocent Nigerians. Baba, you have talked enough of the talks, now work the works as promised. If it took you over 5 months to release ministerial list(of the same old people wey rule us before), only God knows how long it will take you to release the REAL list of the looters.

Posted: at 12-12-2015 10:10 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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