I Am A Saint Compared To The Government We Have Today- IBB Says

Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has said
with the level of corruption happening in Nigeria today, he can boldly refer to
himself as a saint when he ruled the country for 8years.

According to General Babangida, whose claims are contained
in the latest edition of the Economic and Financial Crimes quarterly magazine, zero
tolerance, Babangida said he was able to manage the little $7bn oil revenue the
government made then with visible achievements, compared to $200bn – $300bn today’s
Government earn, with a lot still left to be achieved.

“Maybe I have to accept that but anybody with a sense of
fairness has no option but to call us saints. I give you an example, in a year;
I was making less than $7 billion in oil revenue but in the same period there
were governments that were making between $200 billion and $300 billion.

“With $7 billion, I did the best I could but with $200
billion there is still a lot to be achieved. I don’t have all the facts but if
what I read in the papers is what is currently happening, then I think we were
saints,” he stated in the magazine.