The political associates and Buhari's Friends would not be spared - Osinbajo

President Yemi Osinbajo at the opened the 46th
Annual Conference of the Institute of Chattered
Accountants of Nigeria at the International
Conference Centre, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi
ADESHIDA

ABUJA-To ensure that the Nigerian society was
completely purged of corruption, Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo has said that the anti-corruption war
would be holistic and thorough to the extent that
even the political associates and friends of
President Muhammadu Buhari would not be spared.
Osinbajo who reiterated that the president had zero
tolerance for corruption emphasized that he would
never cover for his friends.
The Vice President spoke during a special interview
session with some journalists at the presidential
villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
He said: “The major drain on the country’s resources.
No one would be spared in the fight against
corruption because, even the close friends of the
President know that they will not be spared; he will
not cover for them. Fighting corruption is a priority”.
Osinbajo also revealed that 200,000 unemployed
graduates had been selected to be engaged by the
federal government under the N-power jobs
Programme.
He said that this was in fulfillment of campaign
promises of the present administration.
“We expect that before the end of the month, we will
engage 200, 000,” out of the 500,000 unemployed
graduates the Buhari administration plans to hire in
the N-Power jobs programme."