Archives Tag: fight against corruption

Politics

Obanikoro et al: The Selective Fight Against Corruption

April 19, 2022

The current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari rode into power on the shiny wings of well-oiled integrity machinery. But the selective manner in which government instruments under the control of the executive arm witch-hunts the opposition while ignoring corrupt practices by the incumbent party loyalists is quite alarming. While many have tried in the past … Continue reading Obanikoro et al: The Selective Fight Against Corruption

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ECONOMY Opinion

A Thing about Corruption

April 19, 2022

In its infancy, corruption has a justification—the quest for survival; having to drive to the back of a petrol station where a keg of petrol is loaded unto the boot of your car even though the petrol station declines to sell petrol into jerry cans to the general public—your undue advantage being that you know … Continue reading A Thing about Corruption

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Opinion

The Need for Mobilization Against Corruption in Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Corruption has gained tremendous weight in our journey of countryhood. Peter Eigen, the Chairman of Transparency International (cited in a 2005 Global Corruption report) argued that corruption does not just line the pockets of the political and business elites, it leaves ordinary people without essential services such as life savings and medicinal drugs, and deprives … Continue reading The Need for Mobilization Against Corruption in Nigeria

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