Leke Baiyewu, Abuja
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has
stated that only a holistic and institutionalised approach to the
anti-corruption crusade by the current administration can guarantee
success for Nigeria.
Ekweremadu noted that although the recent drop by Nigeria
in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index was a
huge blow to the nation’s anti-graft war, it should be seen as a wake-up
call.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike
Ekweremadu, has stated that only a holistic and institutionalised
approach to the anti-corruption crusade by the current administration
can guarantee success for Nigeria.
Ekweremadu noted that although the recent drop by
Nigeria in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index
was a huge blow to the nation’s anti-graft war, it should be seen as a
wake-up call.
The Deputy Senate President said this at an anti-corruption event organised by the Yar’Adua Foundation in Abuja on Monday, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Uche Anichukwu.
He said, “A sincere and meaningful anti-graft war
must be holistic. Nigeria cannot wage war against one type of corruption
in isolation of the others and expect to succeed. We cannot also
succeed in this all-important war if we place a set of citizens above
the law and if we accord red carpet reception back into office to some
persons indicted or disciplined for corruption, while others are
arrested before investigation, then tried in the media, and taken to
court even on a stretcher.”
He added, “Such attitudes cannot mobilise the
needed national and international support in the anti-corruption
crusade. It can only breed more corruption by giving some people a
sense of ‘above-the-law’ and
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