President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned ministers and presidential aides that his government would never offer protection to anyone in government with questionable integrity and corrupt tendencies. Jonathan, who spoke in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Presidential retreat and induction for new ministers, special advisers and permanent secretaries, said that his government was determined to sincerely wrestle and win the battle against graft. The retreat followed the completion of the swearing-in ceremony for members of his cabinet with the last batch of nine ministers who took oath of office on Thursday bringing the total number of ministers who had taken oath to 40 with the exception of Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who is yet to take oath of office because she is still trying to disengage her services from the bank.
The President said: “Let me reiterate that public funds are meant for the public good and I am quite pleased to note that this administration’s commitment to the rule of law is common knowledge because neither the Vice President nor I will offer protection to anyone in government whose integrity is called to question.
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