Nigeria will not make progress if we don’t eliminate corruption – Zulum

Nigeria will not make progress if we don’t eliminate corruption – Zulum

Bodunrin Kayode

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has said that unless the scourge of corruption is eliminated from Nigeria the country will not make progress.

Zulum who was responding to the visit of former minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi in the government house Sunday noted that corruption is the terrible scourge that has taken the nation backwards from making progress.

“We are in a very serious problem in the nation and if we as leaders cannot sort out the problem, we will be heading for more trouble in the near future.

“As of today we have abandoned our downtrodden yet we are not worried. For me, my ambition is to see Borno gain its lost glory among the committee of nations.” He said.

He said that his cardinal objective is to bring peace and development into the state.

However, “if you are fortunate to get the ticket, We in the north east would want our battered roads rehabilitated. We also want the railway routes to reconnect with Maiduguri and the recharging of lake Chad.

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“You talked about oil exploration. We would be happy if that is done and above all the termination of the lingering insurgency which has taken so many souls” he stressed.

Presidential aspirant,  Rotimi Amaechi while addressing the delegates said he came to appeal to their consciences.

To him, having taken so many risks on behalf of the people of Borno it was his turn to gain reciprocal benefit from them.

He said that having spent 8 years as speaker, 8 years as Governor and 5 years as a minister, he was amply qualified to become the next Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Nigeria.

” If I am voted, we will get back our primary and secondary schools, health facilities, roads and I will explore the oil on the Chad basin ” he  posited.

Director General of the Rotimi Amaechi Presidential campaign team, senator Mohammad Ndume noted that the former Governor had given a good account of himself when he was in Government house Port Harcourt and that makes him qualified to handle the tasks of an effective commander in Chief.

Those on the convoy of the former minister were the former Army Chief Ambassador Tukur Buratai, senators Tutare, Isa Maina, Charles Nkata, CP Ndabawa, DIG Habilla, Kabiru Ajala, Bode mustapha and many other retired security personnel.

Nigeria will not make progress if we don’t eliminate corruption – Zulum