The Centre for Anti-Corruption
and Open Leadership has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s approach to the fight
against corruption was nothing new compared to those of his predecessors –
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua and Dr Goodluck Jonathan.
In a statement yesterday by its
Media and Publications Officer, Toyin Odofin, CACOL noted that corruption was
Nigeria’s greatest problem.
The group submitted that the
gross underdevelopment in Nigeria was rooted in corruption, because the
resources that should have been used for public good were being cornered by a
few individuals.
The statement quoted CACOL’s
Executive Chairman, Mr Debo Adeniran, as calling on relevant anti-graft
agencies to be “more total and pragmatic in the fight against corruption to
root the orgy of corruption completely out of the country.
“The current government’s fight
against corruption must be reviewed to make any tangible impact.
“The fight against official heist
under the Muhammadu Buhari government has been just same way of its
predecessors since 1999, in terms of scope and width of operations and too
discriminatory to achieve the ultimate goal of dissuading office holders from
their seeming pathological attachment to corruptive acts.
“This is without any prejudice to
the courage and greater resolve so far shown by this government in tackling the
menace like the Single Treasury Account, whistleblower policy, among others,
which are no doubt, very bold and unprecedented steps towards stemming the tide
of corruption.
“However, as good as all these measures
sound, they amount to little or nothing if in prosecuting this historical
fight, some government officials are still seen to be ‘untouchables’”
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