Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said public declaration of assets, currently being canvassed by the President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), is not enough to curb corruption in the country.
Saraki, through a statement by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, in Abuja on Sunday, noted that though, asset declaration was an accepted protocol of statutory disclosure, the action alone, “cannot reduce corruption as a stand-alone measure, as we had seen in previous administrations.”
To reduce corruption in governance and public administration, Saraki canvassed “a comprehensive and cohesive, thorough policy of accountability, which must be implemented, starting from proper civil service training and monitoring.”
He said, “Corruption has been one of the greatest challenges we face as a country in years past and all efforts, both personal commitment and systemic arrangements, should be put in place to further cage this endemic in our society.”
Saraki, who was recently re-elected into the National Assembly as a Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, called on all politicians both elected and appointed, to as a matter of national importance, emulate the exemplary leadership of Buhari.
He described the idea of public declaration of assets as a welcome development and urged political office holders to embrace it and remain committed to transparency and accountability in every aspect of their lives.
The federal lawmaker noted that this was necessary to restore the confidence of the citizenry in government. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This Man should Shut up pls..his he not a beneficiary of corruption also.
ReplyDeleteThis confirmation from Bukola shows that the President-elect is on the right path. Asset declaration is one of many other weapons to deal with thieves.
ReplyDeleteOther weapons includes the abolishing of ghost workers, abolish the use of personal accounts of civil servants for holding government money, pay government contractors from government account, etc etc.
We know that asset declaration is not enough to curb corruption, but we still know it is one of the basic steps. At least it is better than GEJ telling us that he intends fighting corruption using ICT which means by the time he would have stated the fight, his second term would have finished. GMB, we have confidence that he would help alleviate corruption. GEJ only encouraged it, he never fought it throughout his 6years in office. O.J
ReplyDeleteBukola should keep quite.is he not a product of coruption? He should pay depositor's billions at societe generel bank that him and his family members looted.keep ur opinion to
ReplyDeleteUrself