Following the listing of names of 80 Nigerians by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in their biggest scam burst in the history of the United States, Presidency has said there will be new executive orders to tackle international fraud.
Mr Garba Shehu, who is a Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity while speaking on Channels TV, on the issue of the 80 Nigerians, said the Buhari administration will work with all nations to tackle criminality. He said:
“The government will generate and ask for new laws from the National Assembly and there will be new executive orders that will block some of these loopholes that have been exploited by our fellow countrymen to go out there and embarrass and black paint the country”.
He stressed that President Buhari is not one to excuse Nigerians from obeying laws of the country in which they reside.
“Every citizen of this country who travels out of the country is required to obey the laws of their host countries,” adding that “the government would not stand in the way of the justice system.”
Speaking on the effect of the recent FBI list on Nigeria’s image, Shehu said, “The action of a single Nigerian is not the action of all Nigerians”.
(NAN)