Stakeholders Condemn Buhari’s Fight Against Corruption

By Silver Nwokoro 04 April 2023   |   5:30 am Anti-Corruption stakeholders in Nigeria have deplored President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years administration in the fight against corruption.They lamented that Buhari’s government worsened corruption in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari. Anti-Corruption stakeholders in Nigeria have deplored President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years administration in the fight against corruption.They lamented that Buhari’s government worsened corruption in the country. The stakeholders said this in Lagos, at the weekend, during a summit with the theme: “Assessing the fight against corruption under President Buhari (2015-2023),” organised by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre. Executive Secretary of HEDA, Sulaimon Arigbabu, lamented that in the last eight years of Buhari’s administration, the fight against corruption ended up being an endemic. He said: “We have seen a lot of things that show that there is no sincerity in the fight against corruption. The fight against corruption has been worse. “By the time President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office, not too much would have been achieved in the fight against corruption. “Until we start to become a society where people don’t get away with things that are evil, the level of impunity will be reduced. It is impunity that makes corruption so pervasive. We need to be a country that sees certain things as a taboo and whoever does it, would face the wrought. We must be a society of consequences.” However, HEDA Chairman, Suraju Olanrewaju, has called for the creation of a robust legal framework that would facilitate prosecution of corrupt individuals, and the strengthening of anti-corruption institutions to enable them carry out their mandates effectively. 10 mins ago The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) on Monday received another batch of 144 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic. 50 mins ago The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered on his pledge to leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections in the conduct of 2023 polls. 1 hour ago Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said the Nigeria presidency should go to the southeast region to heal from the wounds of the civil war. The Nigerian civil war lasted for three years between 1967 and 1970 after the southeast declared the independence of Biafra. More than one million died in the war according to… 3 hours ago The joint action congress of the staff unions in the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), yesterday, hailed the two-year tenure extension for the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Muhammed Haruna, by President Muhammadu Buhari. 4 hours ago Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has closed down Tower Primary School, Oba, following indictment of the proprietor, Kosisochukwu Igwe, and a teacher, Precious Chibuzo, in examination malpractices during the 2023 Transition Placement Examination of the state.

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