Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has singled himself out as clean from corrupt practices in his government.
Buhari said his hands were clean, stressing that, “those who are following Nigerian leaders to condemn them for misappropriation and misbehaviour will have a problem with me.”
The president said Tuesday at the inauguration of a new headquarters for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) built at the cost of N19.6 billion in Abuja.
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The Customs corporate headquarters referred to as “Customs House”, is located in the Maitama area in Abuja.
Buhari also said the policies taken by his administration were not only deliberate but targeted at the country’s development.
Specifically, he said the ban on the importation of foreign rice, for instance, was one of such policies.
Buhari said such policies turned out to be legacy programmes because they later became the delight of the people and the country.
“I deliberately closed the borders. I said it is either you eat what you grow or you grow what you eat and later Nigerians appreciated it.”
The NCS boss Hammed Ali said the building, sitting on 25,000 square meters, was technologically friendly with necessary facilities to monitor activities at the different borders and commands across the country.
Ali said the building was designed and constructed by indigenous firms.
He said although there were challenges of variations in the course of the project, the service was proud to erect one of the most cost-effective edifices in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
The building has a 12-floor tower with five floors on both wings of the tower and “bridges” linking the two wings.
The project was conceived in 2002 to provide a comfortable and conducive working environment for staff and authorised visitors to the building.
Source: nigeriansketch
