Buhari moves to recover unreturned govt assets

A committee has been set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to recover government property from officials who served the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The general belief is that some former government officials are still in possession of vehicles, buildings, generators and other entitlements that came with their previous positions.
Despite vacating their various offices since May 29, many are yet to return these government properties.
To this effect, the president set up a committee made up of civil servants and security agents to recover the unreturned public assets from the political office holders.
This was confirmed on Sunday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Shehu said: “That is precisely the case, even here at the Villa, there are cars and other property belonging to the government which are yet to be returned. The Buhari administration will soon begin to demand for the return of these assets. The aim is not to embarrass anyone but to return the properties to government.
“The properties belong to the Nigerian people. We are not trying to humiliate anyone by asking them to return their cars or houses”.
He reiterated Buhari’s commitment to running an austere government that would save Nigerians billions of naira in public funds.
“Imagine how much Nigeria will save by retrieving and re-using these government properties instead of purchasing new ones for new government officials,’’ he said.