Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu has declared that the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable even as he has vowed to make corruption in the judiciary unattractive once he is sworn in.
He made this known while speaking at the commissioning of the Magistrates’ Court Complex in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, urging Nigerians to tolerate one another.
Tinubu who rounded off his two-day visit to Rivers State, yesterday, said though he and Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), belonged to different political parties, they however believe in the unity of Nigeria.
Wike had invited the President-elect to commission projects built by his administration.
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On Wednesday, the first day of the visit, Tinubu, had promised that his administration would not marginalise any part of the country. He also pledged to ‘leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria.’
Speaking yesterday, the former Lagos State governor said he would fulfill all promises made to the people of Rivers State.
‘That is what I intend to do in all policy formations coming up. I promise Nigerians that the unity of this country is not negotiable. That is what Wike and I are promoting jointly. I promise I will be fair to all.’
On judges’ welfare, they said: ‘The reform is on the way.’
He said his administration would undertake ‘the changes that are necessary’ to fight ‘corruption’ in the judiciary.
‘You don’t expect your judges to live in squalor, to operate in squalor and dispense justice in squalor. This is part of the changes that are necessary. We must fight corruption, but we must definitely look at the other side of the coin. If you don’t want your judges to be corrupt, you got to pay attention to their welfare. You don’t want them to operate in hazardous conditions.’
The President-elect said lack of consumer credit, which could make it easy for workers to acquire property such as houses and cars makes them susceptible to corruption.