APC presidential aspirant, Akpabio vows to sustain Buhari’s anti-corruption war

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, said he will continue to fight corruption like President Muhammadu Buhari if elected as President in 2023.

The APC presidential aspirant,  in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, also lauded the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s anti-graft war, stressing that corruption must be fought so that poverty will not kill the masses.

“We must continue the fight against corruption because if we allow it, corruption can kill us. I will continue the same way the President is doing.

“What is he doing that is right in terms of fighting corruption? Corruption has a twin brother – poverty. We cannot fight corruption without fighting poverty”, the ex-Senate Minority leader said.

Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom identified three major issues affecting the nation.

The issues, according to him, are insecurity, national integration, and the economy, vowing to tackle them to ensure Nigeria’s greatness in the comity of nations.

Akpabio recalled how he was able to plunge leakages as well as embark on capital projects during his tenure as governor in Akwa Ibom State.

He said, “In my state, I was the only governor in Nigeria that was able to do 80 percent of capital allocation on a yearly basis and 20 percent recurrent. I plunged the loophole of leakages in the system and that is why you have the outflow of capital projects.

“The maydays of what you used to hear some people said uncommon transformation in Akwa Ibom State and Nigerians are not wrong urging me to come out. I am convinced within me that based on the love I have seen this current President show to Nigerians, Nigerians will go higher than where we are”, the minister expressed optimism.