Excerpts from Goodluck Jonathans interview with Christiane Amanpour of CNN: Amanpour: “When I interviewed you 3 years ago, in your first interview as you assumed power, you said that the main issues for the people of Nigeria are corruption and even electricity, power you talked about. Today those are still the same issues. Some 60% of the people of Nigeria dont have regular power or electricity, 3 years later what do have to say about that?” Jonathan: “I would have loved that you asked an ordinary Nigerian in the streets of Lagos and Abuja or another other city this question about power. That is one area that Nigerians are quite pleased with government, that our commitment to improve power is working. So if you are saying something different, am really surprised. That is one area that even civil society members agree that government has kept faith with its promise.” CORRUPTION Amanpour: “...corruption which you say you are trying to tackle. When people look at Nigeria and see all your wealth, they say oh my goodness this is a country that is stealing and bleeding itself dry. Even your own Minister of Finance talked about 400,000 barrels of oil a day simply being stolen, simply disappearing without any account. One of your ministers has said the level of theft from the government amounts to about $7 billion (U.S Dollars) a year, thats still a problem isnt it?” Jonathan: “This stolen crude is being bought by refineries abroad and they know the oil was stolen. The world must condemn what is wrong. The stolen crude is refined abroad; it’s not refined in Nigeria” Whats your take on the level of power generation and corruption under the regime of TANformation? Country people, with the exception of the JONAHIDEENS, are you happy with the level of performance of the Otuokean?
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:35:23 +0000
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