A former Minister of Works in Nigeria, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure has said that himself and all other politicians in the country that have served Nigeria since 1999 ought to be jailed for bad governance.
The former minister, who disclosed this during an interview on Thursday with Radio France International, accused his collegues of sabotaging the country.
According to him, “Even me talking to you, what we did to Nigeria, we deserve to be jailed.”
“I used to say, I, Ibrahim Musa Kazaure, we have cheated Nigeria and her poor masses. To tell you the truth, we are all the same. What we did during our time wasn’t what we should have done because some of us got the opportunity and some didn’t.
“Not (just) this government, all of us have done nothing. If we have done something, Nigeria wouldn’t be the way it is today because we have the money and manpower but see what these small countries have turned to. They have become tourist sites to Nigerian. It’s shameful.”
Kazaure, who served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia said it is unfortunate that with the country’s numerous human and material resources, no sector of the economy can be said to be succeeding.
He maintained that if politicians were discharging the duties they were elected to do effectively, Nigeria would have been a much more better place.
The former minister noted that the nature of leaders in the country have brought untold challenges to citizens, adding that whoever is found guilty of stealing the country’s resources should be arrested.
“It is in Nigeria that the education system is still going on strike. Then when are we going to develop? I am not going to occupy any seat in Nigeria even if they will give me for free. Whatever position one will offer.
“I challenge everyone in Nigeria, even the president, go and check. I have spoken the truth. Whoever stole Nigeria’s money should return it. I told Buhari that whoever stole should be arrested, including myself, we should return it if proven,” he added.
