The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, said that there is a need for more outrage in the fight against corruption.
Osinbajo, in a meeting with Civil Society Organisations in Abuja, said, “There is not enough outrage from civil society on the anti-corruption war, they are not speaking up, this is an existential problem for Nigeria.”
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According to him, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to the anti-corruption fight.
He said, “Over N15bn unaccounted for and the campaign from CSOs remain silent. Even if we get the best of restructuring in place and not much been done in fighting corruption then, we wouldn’t have achieved anything.”
The Vice President also revealed that there is a CBN designated account for the looted funds and the amount recovered will soon be released to the public.
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He said, “Very soon, we will make known how much has been recovered in terms of real estate as well as cash and owing to popular demand, we are considering naming infrastructure after the recovered funds so it would become clear how the monies are being spent.
“There is a CBN account designated for the purpose of stashing recovered funds and soon, the total amounts deposited will be made known.”