Read What President Buhari Has To Say About Fighting Corruption To Save "Nigeria's Soul"

President Buhari maintained that his administration will remain focused in the fight against corruption because it is a battle to regain Nigeria’s soul on Sunday at the second plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria held at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

President Buhari, also stated that corruption was endemic in the country, explained that graft was the main reason a potentially prosperous country like Nigeria was struggling to feed itself and provide jobs for its citizens.

He added that two-third of Nigerians were living in extreme poverty. In his words, he said;

“Our fight against corruption is not just a moral battle of virtue and righteousness in our land, but it is a fight for the soul and substance of our nation. Corruption in our country is endemic that it constitutes a parallel system. 

“It is the primary reason for poor policies, wastages and bare-faced theft of public resources. It is the main reason why a potentially prosperous country struggle to feed itself and provide jobs for millions of its people. 

“Hundreds of thousands of infant and maternal mortality statistics, hundreds of thousands deaths from communicable diseases are traceable to the greed and corruption of a few,” 

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,  graced the occasion in representation of Buhari also stated that Nigeria must “trail the paradigm of thinking about the economy.”