President Muhammadu Buhari has said the task before his administration is to clean up the mess that corruption had brought on the country and rebuild institutions that had been so much ravaged.

Speaking at the opening of the 21st Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja yesterday, Buhari who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo noted that Nigeria, at the moment, was faced with monumental challenges.

He said, “We are at a time of monumental challenges and tough choices, but also a time of incredible opportunities for achieving competitiveness, inclusive growth and sustainability.

“We, as a government, are called upon to make tough choices in exchange control restrictions, altering the absurd recurrent to capital expenditure ratio, reducing the deficit and reducing the overall size of governance.

“We are called upon to clean up the mess and rebuild the institutions that corruption has ravaged over the years.”

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