Musa also said that allowing the looting of public funds to continue unchecked would lead Nigeria to an era of anarchy.
Former Kaduna State Governor, Balarabe Musa has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to build a special prison for corrupt Nigerians.
Musa also said that allowing the looting of public funds to continue unchecked would lead Nigeria to an era of anarchy.
The former governor made the comments during a recent interview with Vanguard.
Excerpts below:
How do you feel about governors, who use their positions to amass wealth with impunity and make a mockery of public office?
I
feel bad because these are resources that should be used to liberate
the people and provide welfare and security for them. It is even more
worrisome that in most places those in power have not provided even the
basic things for their subjects while they swim in opulence and mindless
extravagance, creating a big gap between them and those who elected
them into office.
That is directly responsible for
the negative things the nation is grappling with today characterized by
unemployment, poverty, insecurity and lose of confidence in public
service.
That is why I strongly advise President
Muhammadu Buhari to urgently build special prisons for those people as a
matter of urgent national interest.
The danger is
that if he does not go after those who stole so much from the nation’s
treasury, these malevolent elements could use the ill-gotten wealth to
topple Nigeria.
Many of them are believed to have
stolen as much as trillions of Naira and stashed away in foreign
accounts. A recent report revealed that some crooked Nigerians might
have stolen more than the annual budget of Nigeria.
Are
you not afraid that Buhari may end up sending many Nigerians to prison
given his resolve to wage an all-out war against the corrupt among us?
Let
them go to prison. In fact I would advise him to build special prisons
for those who plundered Nigeria because it has to be done.
If
you allow these thieves to continue stealing and eventually controlling
political power in the country, you will lead this country to
destruction, anarchy, sustained instability, military coup and social
revolution.
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