Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, says the government of the day is investigating him for corruption.

Dr. Jonathan, who made the claim in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Monday, said he would rather await for the outcome of the investigations.

“I will be investigated and I am being investigated. Yes! Investigations are going on but I would not want to make certain comments.

“When a government is working it is not proper to make certain comments. I will allow the government to work. It is not a good practice,” he said.

The former President also said he tried his best in the area of corruption to curtail it. According to him, “My approach to corruption is, don’t make money available for anybody to collect it.

“I wanted to do the same thing in the oil industry, but the same people that accuse us of corruption are the very people that frustrated the effort. It is unfortunate.”

Dr. Jonathan also faulted claims by the current administration that it inherited an empty treasury.

In his words: “It is not true; there is no way that he would have inherited an empty treasury and at the same time give bailout to the states. It’s not possible.

“Nigeria is a fairly robust economy but sometimes, we over politicise some issues and make it look so bad. It was not that bad. Some people ask questions like I was the President of Nigeria since independence; I was the President for five years.”

While giving a speech earlier, Dr. Jonathan stressed the need for peace, freedom and unity for Nigeria to progress.

According to him, the values need to be deeply, strongly and irreversibly entrenched in Nigeria for all time.

He further opined that it was imperative that both the Executive and the Legislative arms of Government institute a Bill of Rights.

Jonathan also said in his speech that Nigeria could one day repeal its law against its gay citizens, which he signed in his last days as President. He said: “When it comes to equality, we must all have the same rights as Nigerian citizens.”

The ex-President’s words were a sharp contrast from his position on the matter in 2014 when he invoked Nigerian cultural and religious antagonism on gays in quickly signing into law a tough bill that not only prohibits same sex marriage and punishes anyone with a gay orientation with a lengthy prison term, but also made any social and medical assistance such people could receive from other members of the public almost impossible.

The 2014 ‘jail the gays’ law drew condemnation from western governments and human rights bodies but was heavily supported by most Nigerians.

Now, Jonathan is hinting at a personal changing view on the matter. “In the light of deepening debates for all Nigerians and other citizens of the world to be treated equally and without discrimination, and with the clear knowledge that the issue of sexual orientation is still evolving, the nation may at the appropriate time revisit the law,” he said.

•Photo shows Jonathan at the Bloomberg forum in London.