‘I want to be remembered as a patriot’ | 5 things we learned from Buhari’s interview in India

President Muhammadu Buhari, who’s away in India, says he doesn’t get bothered by the criticism of his corruption war and those who say he’s been selective.

The President, who’s on the third day of his 4-day trip, said people who aren’t corrupt will have no grouch with his anti-corruption campaign.

During an interview with journalists at the ongoing 3rd Summit of the India-Africa Forum, the President made 5 revelations.

1. Buhari doesn’t give two-hoots about corruption war critics

“I cannot tell you by heart how much we have recovered. For those who are saying I am being selective, if they were not involved in corruption, they wouldn’t mind. They will even encourage us to get whoever has compromised his position in the trust giving to him. So I see it in the papers, I watch it on the screen, but I have never lost a sleep on it because those that are not corrupt should only encourage us to even do more. For those that are interested in the safety of those that have abuse trust in the country will go to any length including bribing people to give false information. I am not being selective. Whoever is caught, the documents that incriminates him or her will be taken to the courts to prosecute him for Nigerians to know who abused trust.

 

2. President Buhari knows Boko Haram can’t be defeated in December

“The main objective is to get rid of Boko Haram. Whether it is within the time limit we give to the military or outside it, we will maintain and focus on our objective. We will support them. Normally I am an optimistic person. Those that have already given up, I am sorry for them but I remain confident that our military and other law enforcement agencies are more than equal to Boko Haram.

 

3. Buhari is keen on loyalty

“(On ministerial nominees and Rotimi Amaechi) This is a team work. I know people but there are people I accept from others in our team that I trust without even knowing them. Maybe the ones that had problems in the national assembly, I doubt if I ever met them in my life. I didn’t walk into the presidency alone. I have to depend on all the three tiers of government, from all parts of the country. We cannot walk outside the constitution which says that there must be a cabinet representative from each state.
4. Ministries could be reduced to as low as 21

“There used to be 42 ministers. I think we will be lucky if we can have half of that now because we cannot afford it. Others may not be substantive ministers but they will sit in the cabinet because that is what the constitution says and we cannot operate outside the constitution”.

 

5. Buhari’s number one priority is corruption

“If we survive it, I want to be remembered that Nigerians found out that I was genuine, I was areal patriot. Not only that I fought the civil war, I also fought corruption to a standstill.”

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