President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday restated the determination of his administration not to relent in its efforts to recover Nigeria’s stolen funds from looters.

The President, who said this at the 41st convocation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, urged the youths to support him in his efforts to end the scourge of corruption, which he said, had caused a major setback for the nation.

Buhari, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, advised job seekers to shun corruption while searching for jobs.

While identifying corruption as one of the biggest challenges of the country, the President also said the war against insurgency would soon be won.

He urged Nigerians to support his government in the war against corruption and insurgency, while giving a fresh assurance that victory was guaranteed against the problems which had had negative effects on the image of the nation.

The President said, “As representatives of your Alma Mater, OAU, you have a lot to contribute to making this country a place worth living and reducing the brain drain that has plagued us for many years in the past.”

Meanwhile, Buhari on Saturday evening admitted that the current figure of unemployed youths in Nigeria was extremely dangerous for the country.

According to a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President spoke at a dinner he hosted in honour of the visiting Alumni Association of the Indian Defence Services Staff College, Wellington where he received part of his own military training.

Shehu quoted the President as decrying a situation in which 60 per cent of the country’s 64 per cent youth population was unemployed.

“This (youth unemployment rate) is extremely dangerous for our country,” Buhari reportedly told his guests.

To stem the tide, the President said the revival of industries would get his administration’s attention the moment he finished with the preparation of the 2016 budget.

“Very soon, we will sit down to see how we can rehabilitate industries. We are meeting after the budget to see how to revive industry and secure the economy. We will do this in order to clear the problem of unemployment,” he said.

The President explained that the insecurity in the North-East, abduction for ransom in the South and the sabotage of the oil industry in the Niger Delta region had one connection or the other with poverty and unemployment.

The delegation was led to the President by the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ajjampur Ghanashyam, and it included a number of retired Indian Army Generals who were Buhari’s course mates.

“A major point of concern is the need to redeem our image in the comity of nations by a complete eradication of the hydra-headed monster of corruption that has lived among us for several years.

“At present, efforts are ongoing and at top gear to recover national treasures that have been looted by various individuals and bodies in the past. I urge you, and very strongly too, to shun corruption in its entirety in the process of job-seeking and general living.

“Although living conditions in Nigeria are not yet optimal and at par with developed countries, we are assiduously working towards it and we will get there with the cooperation of all and sundry.

“Embracing corruption will only take us backwards, soil our good name and destroy our common heritage. I want to believe that I can count on you to individually and collectively improve the image of the country by being worthy ambassadors of your families and of this great and noble institution.”

The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, who was installed the chancellor of the OAU, was conferred with the honorary doctorate degree. He lauded the anti-corruption war of the Buhari administration.

The President, African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, was also conferred with honorary Doctor of Science. Prof. Jacob Olupona was also conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters, while Chief Oyekunle Alex Duduyemi was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Business Management.

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After u recover it, den what? Stolen money isn't d only prob we've got.....D president shld stop behaving lyk a robot( der's smtn called multitasking)....The many oda probs in d country will not wait 4 him 2 finish his fyt against corruption b4 wrecking havoc... If care is not tkn, by d tym he is done wt his battle against corruption, every oda fn would hv bcm topsy-turvy