Dear JM,
How does what you propose as necessary get done? Is it not by government enforcing existing laws fairly and equitably- not being selective in implementation of the law which some in this forum and elsewhere are unsure is the case now? The existing institutional set-up may be short but what is the likely utility of this set-up or any other if it is employed selectively-abused or misused? Is it not such or other abuse or misuse that causes citizens to lose faith in whatever set up- corrupt system is in place?
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What we are failing to understand and appreciate in this discussion about the control of corruption in Nigeria is that no matter who the president of the Federal Republic is, he or she cannot fully and effectively control corruption in Nigeria within the existing institutional set-up. Nigeria's existing governance architecture is not capable of dealing fully and effectively with corruption. Until the country's institutional arrangements are totally transformed and the country provided with a governance architecture that guarantees the rule of law, the government will continue to fail in its efforts to clean up corruption. As I have said before on this forum and elsewhere, leadership is a necessary but not sufficient condition for effective governance, including the control of corruption. Sufficiency requires that the country be provided with institutional arrangements that guarantee the rule of law.--On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:12 AM, 'Ikhide' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:--"Does that mean that as the head of the advisory committee on corruption, you are not satisfied with the whole thing?""As much as I am not a politician, one thing I know is that the anti-corruption crusade is selective, but most of the people being pursued by the EFCC are corrupt. What we are saying is that all others in the APC that are stealing should also be chased if President Buhari is really serious about this corruption of a thing. It is only then that the fight against corruption can be seen as fair and balanced. When there is no equity and justice, people will begin to doubt your integrity in whatever you are pursuing. For instance, if we recall 1983 when Buhari/Idiagbon came to office, immediately they knew there was corruption, they changed Nigerian currency so that all the people that had stolen money and kept it at home had such rendered useless and all corrupt officials were arrested.But you also have to remember that Ambrose Ali died in prison; Adelakun, who was deputy governor to Bola Ige, died in prison; Olabisi Onabanjo developed kidney problem in the prison. Most of these people were Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) governors. But in whose house was N50 million cash belonging to the government was found? That person was only given a house arrest, because he is a Northerner. No Northerner was treated the way they treated the Southern governors. That is why as much as I respect President Buhari, I know that his sincerity is not total."
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