Workers of Nigerian Railway Corporation have expressed their support and backing to the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari in its renewed fight against corruption. The workers, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) also advised President Mohammadu Buhari to stop at nothing to recover the nation’s patrimony stolen by some unscrupulous politicians and greedy public servants.
Workers of Nigerian Railway Corporation have expressed their support and backing to the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari in its renewed fight against corruption. The workers, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) also advised President Mohammadu Buhari to stop at nothing to recover the nation’s patrimony stolen by some unscrupulous politicians and greedy public servants.
The Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers; Comrade Segun Esan stated this in a a statement isyue din Lagos, he hinted that the Union rose from its Special Central Working Committee (CWC) summoned to discuss the state of the nation recently where all the members of the CWC agreed unanimously to support and encourage President Mohammadu Buhari in the quest of his Administration to fight corruption in the country.
“The leadership of our great Union summoned a special CWC meeting where we considered various issues and challenges confronting our dear nation. There, we agreed most unanimously that corruption has been the major problem that has made true development elusive and largely impossible in Nigeria
Regrettably, those that are involved in high-scale corruption that has crippled and robbed this country of greatness and sustainable development are the politicians and public servants who are trusted with our collective patrimony”, Esan said.
He said railway workers commended President Mohammadu Buhari for starting right with the campaign against corruption and advised that the President should investigate all the politicians and public servants suspected to have enriched themselves through self-enrichment while in office.
Esan also added that President Buhari should empower all anti-corruption agencies like EFCC and ICPC with more legislative power to deal squarely with thieves of our national wealth. All suspected politicians and public servants who are proved beyond all doubt to be thieves of our national wealth should forfeit all assets and proceeds proved to have been earned through corruption to the federal government and beyond that, such politicians and public servants should be banned for life from holding public offices.
“This Administration should also come up with legal framework that will protect funds specifically appropriated or set aside for one national project or the other from being diverted to another project
Diversion of loans or funds for a specific project or embezzlement of same can only be informed by greed and sinister tendencies just as the case is with the alleged diversion of $600 million out of the $1.05 billion loans taken from China Exim bank for the development of railway infrastructure”.
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