Obasanjo rubbishes National Assembly, says it’s an assembly of thieves, looters.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, today Nov.
26th rubbished the National Assembly, saying it
is an Assembly of looters and thieves. He said
this while speaking at the public presentation of
the autobiography of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in
Abuja. Some of what he said below...
"Apart from shrouding the remunerations of the
National Assembly in opaqueness and without
transparency, they indulge in extorting money
from departments, contractors and ministries in
two ways"
"They do so during visits to their projects and
programmes and in the process of budget
approval when they build up budgets for
ministries and departments, who agree to give it
back to them in contracts that they do not
execute. They do similar things during their
inquiries.”
"Corruption in the National Assembly also
includes what they call constituency projects
which they give to their agents to execute but
invariably, full payment is made with little or no
job done. In all this, if the executive is not
absolutely above board, the offending members
of the National Assembly resort to subtle or open
threat, intimidation and blackmail. When the
executive pay the huge money, normally in
millions of dollars, all is quiet in form of
whitewashed reports that fail to deal effectively
with the issues investigated.”
"When the guard is the thief, only God can keep
the house safe and secure. But I am optimistic
that sooner than later, we will overcome. God will
give us guards of integrity and honesty with the
fear of God and genuine love of their people and
their country.
“Today, there is no institution of government
that is not riddled with corruption, not even the
military. As the people cry out, where then is the
salvation.” Obasanjo said
Source: Premium Times