"Finance Minister has no cause to complain"- Gen Buhari

Gen Muhammadu Buhari, in an interview with Sahara TV yesterday April 12th, said "all those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and
definitely with the courts. And once they leave they have to re-declare their assets"

The Nigerian President elect, also said that his administration will not interfere in the judicial process that will be used to pursue corrupt officials. According to him, if his administration “become entangled in investigations of every ministry, then the government will not have time to move forward”. Also reacting to the recent remarks by the Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the fiscal conditions and government spending in Nigeria, Gen Buhari said “I’m afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain because the governors cannot force the central government to act outside the Constitution.”

"Proliferation of oil fields to people who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes partisan politics has brought.” he said regarding the controversies surrounding oil block ownership in Nigeria.

"I think that people have to accept the realities of Nigeria’s political development. General Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not being fair to Nigeria’s political development." - he said, as he redirects vicious insinuations that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was indirectly having influence in his incoming government