jibbed by many. While some see President
Muhammadu Buhari’s government as slow
and inactive, others see it as in capable of
bringing the promised change.
However, one need to ask; have things
remained how they were when President
Muhammadu Buhari took over about a year
ago? Certainly not! Here are 14 things that
have changed:
1. The government closed 40 accounts in
NNPC to give room for accountability.
2. The Port Harcourt and Warri refineries
are back in operation with 60 per cent
capacity and producing 7 million litres of
PMS daily. The Kaduna refinery also
resumed production at the end of the April,
2016.
3. President Buhari directed the CBN to
disburse N689.5b as bailout to 27 states to
pay salaries.
4. 34,000 The number of ghost workers
draining the nation’s resources now
expunged from the Federal Civil Service,
saving N2.29b in the process.
5. President Buhari saved $1m by his
directive stopping the appointment of a
government delegation for pilgrimage to
Saudi Arabia.
6. On assumption of office, the President
cut down the number of ministries from 42
to 25 to reduce the cost of governance.
7. $321m The amount Switzerland will
repatriate to Nigeria from the illicitly
acquired wealth of the Gen. Sani Abacha
family.
8. The Nigerian troops has rescued a total
of 11,595 in the ongoing operations in the
Northeast as at February 2016.
9. The Presidential Committee set up to
probe contracts awarded by the Office of
the National Security Adviser (ONSA) from
2011 to 2015 has recovered N7b.
10. The President secured a $5m support
from U.S. government June last year and
another $40m in April 2016 for the fight
against the terrorists in the sub-region.
11. The government saves $1b annually by
the elimination of the Offshore Processing
Agreement (OPA) through the introduction
of the Direct Sales and Direct Purchase
(DSDP) scheme with reputable off-shore
refineries
12. The Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna
Refineries now produce 7m litres of PMS
per day.
13. The implementation of the Treasury
Single Account (TSA) which stands at
N3trillion has provided greater visibility of
government revenues and cash flows. A war
on high pedestal.
14. Buhari intensified the anti-corruption
war which has led to the arrest of high
profile public officers. Such cases include
the ones against former Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman Olisa
Metuh, Daar Communications Chairman Dr
Raymond Dokpesi and former Chief of
Defence Staff Alex Badeh.
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things-president-buhari-has-changed.html
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