{"id":2548,"date":"2013-04-22T21:42:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T21:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/jonathan-us-report-on-nigeria-corruption-over-amplified\/"},"modified":"2013-04-22T21:42:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T21:42:25","slug":"jonathan-us-report-on-nigeria-corruption-over-amplified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/jonathan-us-report-on-nigeria-corruption-over-amplified\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan: US report on Nigeria corruption \u2018over amplified\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ayo Oluokun\/Abuja<\/strong><\/p>\n President Goodluck Jonathan has described claims that his administration is dogged by massive corruption in a report by the United States Government as untrue as \u201cover-amplified\u2019, though he agree that there are \u2018issues of corruption in the country\u2019.<\/p>\n Speaking at the signing ceremony of power reforms transactions held at the Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa on Monday, the President said the report submitted to the U.S. Congress by the Secretary of State John Kerry failed to recognize the fact that his administration has done a lot to curtail corrupt activities as shown by the way government has been conducting its business.<\/p>\n The President particularly cited the way government has been able to end the corruption associated with procurement of fertilizer and the fact that even companies with roots in the United States which participated in the ongoing privatization of assets in the power sector acclaimed the process as transparent to back up his point.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at the power sector, when we started initially there were stories in the papers but at the end, even when I went to the U.S., companies from there that participated said publicly that the process was transparent and issues of corruption were not there.<\/p>\n \u201cAt least today we\u2019ve also heard directly, that the process was transparent and that there were no issues of manipulations or corruption\u201d, said the President who also promised that his administration will continue to ensure transparency in the transactions in the sector.<\/p>\n