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LAI Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has described the recent directive by the chief Justice of Nigeria on the need to strictly administer the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act as the turning point in the country’s fight against corruption.
Mohammed, who made the remarks in Abuja on Wednesday, March 16, while receiving a delegation from Deutsche Welle, the German International Radio, said with the pronouncement, there would be no hiding place for corrupt persons in Nigeria.
“It means that the long delays and adjournments that have been associated with corruption trials will be a thing of the past,” he said.
The minister described the development in the Judiciary as the biggest institutional support for the fight against corruption in Nigeria, saying henceforth frivolous motions and unnecessary adjournments would no longer be impediments to the fight against corruption.
Reiterating an earlier statement by President Muhammadu Buhari, Mohammed said the administration would fight corruption relentlessly and mercilessly, pointing out that was the basis for the maladministration, under-development and poverty plaguing the country.
On the economy, the minister said the federal government was courageously tackling the challenges of the economy and assured that there would be light at the end of the tunnel.
Mohammed, therefore, urged the Deutsche Welle to always project correctly the focus of the Buhari administration in its fight against terrorism and corruption and the revamping of the economy.
In his remarks, Thomas Mosche, leader of the delegation and head of the Hausa Service of Deutsche Welle, commended the Buhari administration for being media-friendly disposition.
“I just wanted to use this opportunity to thank you for the good collaboration we have experienced so far since the new government came into office. We have not experienced any problem working here in Nigeria, because there were other times our experiences in Nigeria were not as easy for us,” he said.
Mosche disclosed that the Deutsche Welle was collaborating with several Nigerian broadcast outfits in the exchange of programmes in the areas of the economy, education and promotion of African culture.
— Mar 28, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT
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