Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, Thurday, said he would stop at nothing to ensure that his predecessors who fleezed the treasury of the state were adequately prosecuted.
Masari, who said he had already initiated processes that would bring those who tempered with the state resources to book, insisted that nobody in the previous administrations in the state would be spared.
Speaking in Abuja, at an anti-corruption rally organised by the National Youth Council of Nigeria,NYCN, the governor said his administration was “committed to uprooting of corruption in the state.”
“We have instituted inquiries into past government activities with a view to bringing to book all culprits that have looted government resources,”he emphasised.
Governor Masari, who was represented at the rally by his deputy, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, charged youths to fully support the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari, given that they were the “greatest beneficiaries of a corruption-free Nigeria.”
But he advised the youths to be peaceful in their support and not allow those he referred to as “fifth columnists to infiltrate” their ranks just as he urged them to shun corruption and indiscipline in all their daily lives.
Also, speaking at the occasion,former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu called on the youth to realise that they were the conscience of the nation by resolving to support every efforts aimed at moving the country forward.
“They should know that it is the youth that we use for virtually everything even the corruption we are talking about.
“It is the youth that elect corrupt officials, corrupt leaders and these corrupt leaders use the youth corruptly to retain themselves in office.
“It is the youth that is used to destroy electoral process. It is the youth that is used in rigging election, carry ballot boxes. It is the youth that we use in carrying out mayhem and it is the youth that is used in executing virtually everything that is bad.
“The youth should know that they are actually destroying their tomorrow and not destroying anybody’s tomorrow for peanut,”he added.
“I have come to identify with the youth on the war against corruption. Mr president has fought this war before against indiscipline as head of state and I feel the youths are doing the right thing because they are the leaders of tomorrow and if they allow corruption to destroy tomorrow, there will be no tomorrow for them to lead.
“That is why some of us who are already in positions of leadership should also identify with this noble course. So we will encourage them to know that they are the conscience of the nation and it is their duty to join in fighting corruption in this nation,” he stated.
Senator Mantu tasked the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria to continually educate the youth, organize symposia, seminars and workshops to entrench ethics and orientation in the minds of the youth to enable them grow up as good people that the nation would be proud of.
Convener of the rally and National President of the youth council, Barrister Ikenga Ugochinyere, in an address earlier, expressed the resolved of his leadership to wipe away corruption in the country through unwavering support to President Buhari.
He said his organisation was looking forward to having one million signatures in support of the ant-corruption war of President Buhari.
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