Buhari: Corruption difficult to fight

President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that anticorruption war is not an easy fight.

This, according to him, is because corruption “affects so many different branches of our lives so much that some people do not even consider breaking trust is anymore a crime. It has become the norm.

“That is why we must fight this attitude and encourage Nigerians to change their attitudes and perspectives.”

President Buhari said this in Abuja yesterday at the commissioning of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters.

Buhari recounted that for fighting corruption when he was head of state, he was detained for three years after his regime.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said Buhari is not the only incorrupt Nigerian.

“The fact that we have seated here, before us a president whose global acclaim has been corrupt-free, I can tell you that he is not alone in Nigeria. “There are millions of Nigerians, that we come across day by day, that are corrupt-free,” he said.

“There are millions of Nigerians that have not bowed their knees to the god of corruption and that fact must be emphasized,” Dogara added.

The speaker stressed the need for improved welfare of the EFCC officials.