The outgoing Ambassador of
Denmark to Nigeria, Mr Torben Gettermann has stressed the need for Nigerians to
hold politicians, companies and individuals accountable.
Gettermann, who said this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said such was what
helped his country to become one of the least corrupt countries in the world.
“Denmark is one of the least
corrupt countries in the world because we hold our politicians and our
companies to account.
“We need to do that for our
politicians, individuals, companies to not only subscribe to the ideal of being
transparent and non-corrupt but also to actually live it out.
“We have a code of conduct for
Danish companies. As public servants, we have to sign a declaration and we have
to go through courses so that we know what corruption means,“ he said.
He, however, said that Denmark
could assist Nigeria in addressing the challenge in some ways.
“What we can do is to highlight
the situations and make sure that people talk about it, that action is taken to
an extent possible.
“Also go into cooperation with
Nigeria on education in terms of understanding how much money corruption
actually takes out of the system, money that the people in general could
benefit from.”
While noting that corruption in
Nigerian ports was tremendous, he commended the efforts of the Federal
Government to reduce it, stressing, however, that there was still much more to
be done.
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