Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State has called on Nigerians to have attitudinal change to be able to confront the numerous challenges facing the nation.
That, he said, would be in line with the “Change begins with me” campaign launched by the Muhammadu Buhari government.
Prominent among the nation’s problems, that needed to be attacked, according to the governor, is corruption.
According to him, corruption had prevented the growth of the country since it gained independence in 1960.
The governor, according to Abubakar Al-Sadique, his press secretary, spoke at the opening of a two-day anti-corruption summit for state political appointees and public service officers organised by the state government in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.
In the statement issued by the press secretary, the governor was quoted as saying one of the cardinal principles of his administration was bringing about change in all the transactions of government and “doing away with corrupt tendencies which have been impacting negatively on our society.”
Governor Mohammed Abubakar noted that since the inception of the administration, he had made several pronouncements that “we will do everything possible to promote zero tolerance for corruption in the civil service, to ensure effective service delivery to the people.”
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He added that several measures had been adopted to do away with corrupt practices in the system.
These measures, according to the governor, were the appointment of a recovery committee which recovered properties and money carted away by some officials of the immediate past administration as well as the committee which reviewed major contracts awarded by the last administration in some ministries, departments and agencies.
He said other measures introduced included the staff verification exercise that blocked leakages in government finances and closing unnecessary accounts, all of which were meant to ensure discipline in the system and promote good governance.
