Former
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday, that his administration fought
corruption in the country without making noise about it.
Dr
Jonathan stated this while speaking on the theme Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship at the Oxford Union of the
University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
When
asked by some of the students regarding his administration’s fight against
corruption, Mr. Jonathan said he would not like to “interfere with the legal
processes” because “several matters are pending in court.”
Mr.
Jonathan, however, said he did enough to reform anti-corruption agencies to
enable them function effectively.
“We
reformed the institutions and introduced various mechanisms to stop the
corruption problems in our country without publicity,” he said, Using his
Twitter handle, the former President paid glowing tributes to Nigerian youth
and said:
“Any
nation that does not spend its wealth and resources to develop the capacity of
its youth, will be forced to use them to fight insecurity. “As a leader, you
can decide through your policies to educate the youth, or face the consequences
of failing to do so,” he said.
He
also said his administration put in place some youth related policies, which,
he said, helped grow the Nigerian economy. “Despite incredible challenges,
Nigerian youths are achieving great things and placing Nigeria positively in
the world map. They inspire us,” he said. He also said his administration
increased the allowances due to Youth Corps members by more than 100% in 2011.
Mr. Jonathan added that the PDP administration that he led “identified
Nollywood as a sector that can employ many young people and provided a grant of
$200 million to boost the industry
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