Chairman of the Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has
declared that he prefers to work alone on a task than work with corrupt people.
He asserted that before someone
could speak against corruption, such persons must purge themselves of the vice.
He made this assertion at a
Dialogue of Organs of Government on Reform of Justice Sector and Campaign
Against corruption, jointly organised by PACAC and the Federal Ministry of
Justice, with the theme: ‘The imperative of cooperation of arms of government
in a democratic dispensation’.
Speaking at the event, which held
on Tuesday, Sagay insisted that paying lip service to the fight against
corruption ridiculed the whole exercise, but pointed out that a repentant
corrupt person was welcomed to join the fight against graft.
According to Sagay, “Fighting
corruption cannot be lip service. You cannot be corrupt and be talking against
corruption, it ridicules the whole exercise and the spirit of that struggle.
“And so we should purge ourselves
of corruption so that we can stand on firm ground to speak. Some might have
been corrupt in the past but if you purge yourselves then you are welcome. It
ridicules the whole process when we see people waxing lyrical on
anti-corruption whereas behind them, they have huge load of assets and other
things which they corruptly acquired.
“So, collaboration and
cooperation is essential because we need each other in order to succeed. But I
think I will rather work alone than work with a corrupt person who is not
sincere and is just making a fool of the whole country whilst preaching like a
pastor about corruption.”
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