PLATEAU State Gov­ernor, Simon Lalong, yesterday, said the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Gov­ernment has reduced the level of corruption in the country.

Lalong said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja .

He also said President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption posture is bringing integrity back to the country.

“The issue of corrup­tion has been reduced to a level in this country.

“In the past, you saw what happened – pet­rol no disclosure! They wouldn’t tell you how much we were getting, but, today, with the pos­ture of our president, I think fighting corrup­tion is rated very high outside.

“They may say we are still corrupt but, nobody has said our president is corrupt.

“When they can­not find anything bad against your leader, that, in itself, earns integrity to the nation.

“Secondly, some of the things he has been do­ing, the restructuring he has done – this is the first time we are seeing a bail­out to states.’’

Lalong, however, ap­pealed to Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government and said things would soon get better.

He expressed his sup­port for President Bu­hari’s decisions on many national issues including the recent increase of the pump price of petrol.

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“The decision taken by the president, especially with respect to the price of petrol, should be seen as painful, but, it’s a sur­gery that would heal and once the wound heals, we will all be smiling.

“We will not re­member that we went through that pain.

“If you look at it very well, you will realise that it is something that was inevitable.

“It is better to do it now, otherwise, we would come to regret and I stand with him. We governors also stand with him, the Na­tional Assembly mem­bers are with him.

“We are appealing to those on strike or par­tial strike in some states to understand and also, go along with the presi­dent and see what this can bring as his efforts in restoring the glory of this country.’’