President Muhammadu Buhari has confessed that the anti-corruption war is tough and gruelling as corruption is fighting back vigorously, but that the battle would be won.
The President who met with American Secretary of State, John Kerry on the margins of conference on climate change, COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, President Buhari said that corrupt people had accumulated a formidable arsenal of illicit wealth, which they have been deploying against his government on diverse fronts.
“But it is a war we are determined to win, and which we will win,” President Buhari said.
“People of goodwill are behind us, countries like America and many others are with us, and we will surely win.”
The President briefed Kerry on the war against insurgency in the North-east of Nigeria and efforts being made to tackle humanitarian problems caused by the insurgency, saying that a presidential committee had been launched “under Gen T.Y Danjuma, a man of high integrity.”
On the unrest in the Niger Delta area resulting in the sabotage of critical oil and power installations, President Buhari said that the engagement process is proceeding apace, and that it is difficult bringing the main protagonists of the insurgency under one umbrella.
The President said that Nigeria is happy with American support on different fronts, assuring that the economic challenges facing the country are being “frontally tackled, and we will overcome them soon.”
Secretary Kerry expressed delight at the many successes of the Buhari administration, pledging continued U.S support in the bid to overcome security, humanitarian, political, and economic challenges.
As the Barrack Obama administration exits next January, Kerry said that he would love to continue engaging with Nigeria, even in a private capacity.
He described President Buhari as a strong international partner in the battle against violent extremism.[myad]
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