Corruption in Nigeria has
defied efforts at eradicating it and is making the country a laughing stock,
the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim
Magu, has said.
Mr Magu said this in a
Abuja on Monday at the 68th General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organisations
of Nigeria, which had the theme, ‘The Nigerian Media and The War Against
Corruption’. “Corruption in Nigeria is cancerous and has defied every effort at
eradicating it while making the country a laughing stock in the committee of
nations. There are few nations that are as rich as Nigeria, yet poor,” the EFCC
boss said.
“Poverty in
the midst of wealth is the paradox of our existence, and corruption is the
culprit.” Mr Magu, like Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed who spoke
at the event, blamed corruption for a majority of the country’s problems. “We
have never been in doubt that checking corruption is the fast way to escape
from poverty and squalor. This is the reason why successive administrations
make the fight against corruption a priority programme. But success in the
endeavour has been mixed,” he said.
According to Mr Magu, while some Nigerians
are content blaming successive regimes for lacking the will to tackle
corruption, the majority of citizens share in the blame.
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