President Muhammadu Buhari with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo/File
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the alleged $16 billion power project scandal.
As stated by the ACF, this send a signal to other public office holders to manage the country’s resources well.
National Publicity Secretary of ACF Muhammad Ibrahim Biu lamented the poor power supply in the country, which he said was due to the Obasanjo’s mismanagement of the funds.
He told The Nation that, “the calls by some Nigerians on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the alleged $16 billion power project scandal is not misplaced, considering the harm corruption has inflicted on the nation and the promise by this regime to fight it.
“From 1999 to date, the promises made by our political leaders to improve power supply have mostly been observed in the breach.
“The National Assembly had sometimes probed the alleged corruption associated with power supply, but Nigerians are yet to know the fate of that probe.
“Most worrisome is the lack of the political will to bring to justice those found guilty by the probes which have, unfortunately, continued to encourage corruption by making it a way of life and culture.
“Therefore, the change we need is to make public officials, however highly placed, account for their malfeasance while in office.
“The probe will serve as a deterrence to others and also instil prudence in managing public office for performance.”
In same vein, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) called on Buhari to beam the searchlight further beyond the Obasanjo’s regime.
“We welcome the focus by President Muhammadu Buhari on the massive allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the power sector and urge him to expand his searchlight beyond the Obasanjo government by ensuring accountability and full recovery of the over N11 trillion squandered by the three administrations,” SERAP said.