Osinbajo gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja at a town hall meeting organised by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and Daria Media with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
The town hall meeting tagged: “The
Candidates“is a two-hour televised series between the Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates of four leading political parties.
The parties were selected from the results of multiple polls aggregated by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).
The vice president, however, said
that the federal government had been able to block channels of looting
the nation`s treasury through the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
He said that all returned looted funds would
be used following budgetary process, saying that, in the case of
properties, ones there was a final forfeiture, such property (asset)
become the property of the state unless where there was a legal claim to
it.
He, however, said that the mere fact that
someone returned monies acquired through illegal means while holding
public office did not make him a free person.
This, Osinbajo said, was especially so as some of such persons could still be facing investigation.
While speaking on the farmers’ herders clashes
especially in Benue, the vice president attributed the development to
climate change.
He said the development was getting
worse because of desertification, adding that the federal government was
collaborating with the country`s neighbours to address it.
He said the federal government was making efforts to recharge the Lake Charge which he noted was shrinking.
The vice president said that the long term
plan to address the development was to create ranches, saying that water
dams were presently being created by the federal government as a short
term measure.
According to the organisers of the town hall
series, Omoyele Sowore and his running mate, Rabiu Rufai, would feature
on Jan. 23, while Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, would
be feature on the programme on Jan. 30.
The platform provided an opportunity for the
studio audience which included Civil Society Organisations, Diplomatic
Corps and some members of the general public who had applied online to
directly interact with the presidential candidate and his running mate.
The event was also streamed online at
www.dtv.media and nta.media live to enable Nigerians in the diaspora and
those not near television screens to participate.
The President Buhari administration had taken
on the three arms of government where corruption was alleged, including
the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) who was
not spared.
The former SGF, Babachair Lawal, is still
being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) over corruption charges.
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