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Nigeria's president seeks judicial reform to tackle corruption

Xinhua, May 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's judicial system needed critical reform to deal with cases, especially corruption, militating against its effectiveness, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

Buhari stated this in his inaugural speech on Friday in Abuja after he was sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

He charged the judiciary to urgently tackle cases of serious financial crimes and abuse of office brought before it.

According to him, constitutionally, there are limits to powers of each of the three tiers of government but Federal Government will not fold its arms and overlook what is going on in other tiers.

Nigeria economy is deep in trouble because of the depletion in foreign reserves, falling oil prices, leakages and debts, he added, noting that solving this problem will require careful management of resources.

Buhari also solicited support, and cooperation of labor unions, organized private sector, the media and civil society organizations in that regard.

The president said the government needed the collaboration of relevant groups and interests to succeed in this task of rebuilding the nation.

He appealed to employers and workers to unite in raising productivity to enable everybody to have the opportunity to share in increased prosperity.

The president said the Nigerian media were the most vibrant in Africa and appealed to them, including the social media, to exercise its powers with responsibility and patriotism. Endi