President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed that truly there is corruption in his government but he claims it is not as bad as many are being made to believe by the media. He said it's just 'small corruption'.
Jonathan, who was speaking at the Presidential Power Reform Transaction signing ceremony at the banquet hall of Aso Rock in Abuja on Monday, claimed that:
“Yes, there are issues of corruption in this country but somehow it has been over amplified. People should watch how we have been conducting government business. We have been bringing down the issues of corruption gradually.
“Look at the power sector, when we started initially there were stories in the papers but at the end, even when I was in the US, companies from there that participated said publicly that the process was transparent and issues of corruption was not there.
“At least, today we have also heard directly, that the process was transparent and that there were no issues of manipulations or corruptions.”Urging Nigerians to support him, Jonathan said: “I plead with Nigerians that the country belongs to all of us and we will all protect what belongs to us, what belongs to our children and what belongs to the generation yet unborn. We are committed to doing our best for this country God willing, we will succeed.”
Mr President's claim is coming few days after the United States government indicted the Federal Government which he heads of massive and widespread corruption.
