Sources close to the Presidency have revealed
that a number of former government officials are
still in possession of vehicles, buildings,
generator sets and other entitlements that came
with their previous positions.
A committee has been set up by the Federal
Government saddled with the responsibility of
recovering government property from former
government officials.
During a chat with some newsmen in Abuja on
Sunday, the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba
Shehu, confirmed the situation.
Shehu said " That is precisely the case, even here
at the Villa, there are cars and other property
belonging to the government which are yet to be
returned." "Imagine how much Nigeria will save by retrieving
and re-using these government properties instead
of purchasing new ones for new government
officials,’’ he said.
Sources close to the Presidency have revealed
that a number of former government officials are
still in possession of vehicles, buildings, generator
sets and other entitlements that came with their
previous positions.
According to the sources, in spite vacating their
various offices almost three months ago, many are
yet to return these government properties.
To this effect, government has set up a committee
made up of civil servants and security agents to
recover the unreturned public assets from the
political office holders, who had left office.
According to Shehu, the Buhari’s administration
will soon begin to demand for the return of these
assets.
He stressed that the aim was not to embarrass
anyone but to return the properties to
government.
"The properties belong to the Nigerian people. We
are not trying to humiliate anyone by asking them
to return their cars or houses," he added.
When asked whether the state and local
governments were facing similar challenges with
retrieving government property from their
predecessors, Shehu said that he was not in a
position to confirm or deny this.
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Chiefs At Decoration The CeremonyHe, however, added that he would not be
surprised if that was the case, as this attitude of
holding on to government property "even after
leaving office must be a natural outcome of the
culture of impunity that has prevailed in Nigeria
over the past years of PDP rule. But change has
come; that is why we have to do things differently
now.’’
He reiterated President Buhari's commitment to
running an austere government that would save
the Nigerian people millions in public funds.
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