P&ID Contract, A Scam, Buhari Tells UNGA

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) contract with the Nigerian government was a “scam” aimed at cheating the country of “billions of dollars”.
Buhari spoke at the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, making this the first time the Nigerian leader would speak about the issue publicly.
“We are giving notice to international criminal groups by the vigorous prosecution of the P&ID scam attempting to cheat Nigeria of billions of dollars,” Buhari said.
The President also assured the world that Nigeria would live up to expectations in its leadership of the United Nations General Assembly.
Addressing world leaders at the ongoing General Assembly Debate, Buhari said “Nigerians are truly grateful, and shall endeavour to live up to the expectorations and responsibilities thrust upon us’’.
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb Tijani Muhammad-Bande, took office as President of the 74th session of the General Assembly on September 17.
A professor of Political Science and former director-general of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Jos, Muhammad-Bande is the third Nigerian to hold the office in 30 years.
“Muhammad-Bande is an experienced and seasoned diplomat, and I am confident that he will prove to the international community his suitability for this most demanding assignment,’’ he said.
Buhari, who mounted the podium at 11.50 a.m. local time (4.50 p.m. Nigerian time), is the fifth leader to speak after the Presidents of Brazil, United States, Egypt and Turkey.