The president, Muhammadu Buhari, has
said that one way to fight corruption in Nigeria is for citizens to live within
their means.
He added that as long as Nigerians want to live
flamboyantly, corruption would continue to thrive.
Buhari said this in an interview with the national
broadcaster, NTA on Thursday.
When asked about the new leadership of the anti-graft
agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and how the fight against
corruption had been revamped, Buhari said, “The problem of corruption is a
continuous one for a developing country like Nigeria. People have to accept
living within their means. As long as people don’t want to live within their
means, so long will corruption be with us.”(sic)
Speaking further, the retired general said, “The best way is
funding by departments, ministries and especially by states. Now, look at local
governments in this country, the third tier of government, it is getting less
and less effective and they are supposed to be the most effective because they
deal with bottom-up especially when it comes to education, healthcare, which
are the basic things for the majority of Nigerians.
“Nigeria must conserve resources to give education and
healthcare to the needy.”
Buhari had in the last two days been interviewed on national
TV where he spoke on issues affecting the country, from insecurity to economy,
state policing and more.
-Anti-corruption
fight-
Fighting corruption was been a major campaign point of the
Buhari’s regime from its inception and had been repeated over the year.
However, stakeholders have varied thoughts on the success of the
anti-corruption fight.
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