In the advance world, most governments and some reputable social media organizations applaud President Buhari’s effort in trying to eradicate corruption in Nigeria. This is a big plus for him and his administration because we (Viewers Corner) believe that if he can be able to tackle this aspect completely then every other area will be fine financially, economically and otherwise.
The sad aspect of fighting this war on corruption is that as President Buhari is doing all his very best on this area, some group of people in his government who would have joined him to achieve success are in most cases encouraging corruption. We are speaking categorically based on our findings concerning the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal who we believe is associating himself very closely with some corrupt individuals in Nigeria and as a man who is currently working in the administration that is totally against corruption, he should have at least distance himself a bit from those that have skeletons in their cupboards. Right now he is getting too close to some of them, let us review some of our recent findings about the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal. Not too long ago he went to Ebonyi state to commission a renovated Governor’s Lodge, the government of Governor David Umahi claimed that he spent over three hundred million naira (N300 million) to reconstruct. This Governor’s Lodge was built by ex-governor Sam Egwu with about 100 million naira, our findings show that Governor David Umahi manipulated the cost of this same building that was originally built by the past administration. We ask, why on earth would he use such a huge amount of money (300 million Naira) to renovate a building alone which was beautifully built before he came to power. This is corruption, knowing fully well that the people of Ebonyi state lack basic amenities to keep life going. Generally things are very hard in Ebonyi state therefore using over 300 million Naira for only renovation is reckless and careless. This is very wrong.
According to our correspondent who witnessed the occasion, when the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal was returning back to Abuja after commissioning the said projects, Governor David Umahi gave Babachir David Lawal 1,000 bags of rice and 1,000 tubers of yam and of course money would be included. He ask him to personally take 400 bags of rice and 400 tubers of yam, the rest 600 bags of rice and 600 tubers of yam should be given to President Buhari. Again in the past, David Umahi has also given some cash gift to this Secretary to the Government of the Federation which Babachir David Lawal acknowledged during his church Thanksgiving service held in Abuja in 2015 and now the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal is singing praises that David Umahi is among the best governors in Nigeria. Our concern in all these issues are that David Umahi is up to something else that is why he is doing all these gifts just to buy his ways through to the federal government of Nigeria, we regard all these activities as corruption. Another terrible aspect is that Mr. Babachir David Lawal did not know much about Governor David Umahi so why singing praises on him anytime he gets a gift from Governor David Umahi?
Therefore, we (Viewers Corner) are calling on President Buhari and his administration to properly look into the activities of this man Babachir David Lawal (Secretary to the Government of the Federation) because he may dent the image of Buhari’s administration which would be very bad. There is nothing too bad collecting a gift from someone but it should be done with caution, carry out investigation to know whether such gifts are necessary or not.
In Ebonyi state, people are suffering so much as a result of David Umahi’s system of leadership which he has refused to change. Again his terrible tax policy is hurting the poor people of Ebonyi state who have no tangible means of income, so many wrong things are happening in the state and yet the Secretary to the Government of the Federation is here singing praises because he is on the same page with Governor David Umahi which majority of the Ebonyi state people know as a very corrupt Governor and among the worst in Nigeria. Once again, we advise the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal to do proper investigation before singing praises on anyone. Corruption is evil and should never be encouraged in any country of the world.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.