Where would this money have been if TSA was not in vogue? ''I was made
to understand that vouchers would have quickly been raised towards the end of
the financial year and checks made whether they are going into projects or
private pockets, nobody can prove it to you.
''I tell you that up to the time we came, if anybody told you that he
knows how much of crude exchanges hands either on the high sea or reaching
their destination and the accounts the money goes into, that person is not
telling you the truth.
''I was telling a British team that came to supervise the training team
they sent, that when I was in uniform, we took the perceived corrupt ones and
put them in safe custody and quietly told them they were guilty until they can
prove themselves innocent.
Buhari also said that he had tried to ensure that the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation be reorganised, so as to know how much of crude is taken,
sold and to which account the money was going.
Abuja, March 24, 2016 President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised
for dissolving governing councils of universities along with the boards of
parastatal agencies.
``So, please, try to bear with us as we
reflect on where we found ourselves.'' On the accusation of globe-trotting,
Buhari explained that ''sometimes, you need to present your case on personal
basis to your economic colleagues and neighbours.
''We had to go back and lick our vomit in
terms of universities councils because we found out that according to their
laws, they cannot choose vice chancellors unless the councils sit and interview
candidates who want to be VCs
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