From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the anti-corruption war will be sustained even though graft was fighting back vigorously.
He spoke on the margins of conference on climate change, COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco when he met with American Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Wednesday. This is even as the President said dialogue was proceeding apace in Niger Delta, but lamented that it was difficult to bring in main protagonists of insurgency under one umbrella.
According to President Buhari, corrupt people had accumulated so much wealth, which they were now deploying against the government on diverse fronts.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari was quoted as saying, “but it is a war we are determined to win, and which we will win. People of goodwill are behind us, countries like America and many others are with us, and we will surely win.”
The President also updated Kerry on the war against Boko Haram, efforts being made to tackle humanitarian problems caused by the insurgency, informing that a presidential committee had been launched “under Gen T.Y Danjuma, a man of high integrity.”
The President said Nigeria was happy with American support on different fronts, assuring that the economic challenges facing the country were being “frontally tackled, and we will overcome them soon.”
Responding, Kerry expressed delight at the many successes of the Buhari administration, pledging continous U.S support to overcome security, humanitarian, political, and economic challenges.
As the Obama administration exits in January, Kerry said he would love to continue engaging with Nigeria, even in private capacity. He described President Buhari as a strong international partner in the battle against terrorism.