President Goodluck
Jonathan on Sunday evening promised to eradicate corruption in the nation’s oil
sector in the next four years if re-elected during the Saturday’s Presidential
election.
Jonathan made the
promise in Lagos at a youth event tagged “An unimaginable feat in sports” meant
to showcase his administration’s achievements in the sports sector.
The event which ended
in the early hours of Monday attracted sports men and women, young
professionals as well as beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s scholarship
schemes among others.
While answering
question from one of the participants during an interactive session of the
event, the President promised to end the stigmatisation of Nigerians in the
international community because of corruption.
He said his
administration had succeeded in using technology to tackle corruption in many
areas such as fertilizer distribution, procurement and salary payment among
others and will do the same in the oil industry.
He said, “We are going
into oil sector. People talk about the oil industry because that is an industry
with a lot of people and a lot of money is involved.
“But I promise you that
in the next four years, we will sanitise the oil sector.”
Jonathan regretted that
the issue of corruption is being over-celebrated in a manner that makes it look
as if the whole of the country is corrupt.
He said all Nigerians
must work together to ensure that the stigmatisation of Nigerians is cleared.
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