Thursday, January 2, 2014

Prognosis: Dying as a result of large-scale corruption.

by Eze Eluchie

President Goodluck Jonathan simply MUST act against large-scale corruption which has become endemic in our polity.

The stench from the corruption in our contraption reaches up to the high heavens and serves to make advancing the cause of national integration a more onerous task.

Agreed, this vile practice permeates all levels of governance, be it Federal, State or Local Councils, and sectors in our country, Public and or Private, and the argument can be made that most corrupt practices occur outside the purview of Presidential authority, the enormity of powers vested in the Office of President of the Federal Republic accords the Office authority to stem the horrible tide and bring perpetrators to justice.

This accounts for my repeated query as to the whereabouts of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice - someone ought to be giving advice as to how to address this debilitating disease and adapting the more than sufficient provisions in our domestic statutes as anti-corruption tools.

Clearly, considering the free-for-all situation in the looting enterprise, the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other agencies charged with tackling the corruption behemoth are either out of their depths or have chosen to be accomplices to graft,

There is always an extent to which a cow, no matter how well endowed it is, can be milked…..


Picture: Corruption in Nigeria


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