Corruption: Ribadu warns against legacy of corrupt state
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why is algeria mali stopping it in one year why not nigeria i am telling you its all because of corruption1 pioneer chairman of economic and financial crimes commission efcc mallam nuhu ribadu has cautioned nigerians against stealing so as not to hand over a failed nation to their children1 he said that there were many challenges facing the country and that though the resources to address them were available corruption was stalling the processing of addressing them1 we need to stop this corruption and get to use the resources we have maximally to address the problems in our nation if not we will continue to be in problems1 this will continue for years and our children will inherit failure the only way to stop it is if we stop stealing and taking public money1 what is corruption it is simply stealing and stealing from our common wealth taking what ordinarily belongs to all of us that ought to be used for all of us1 money that should be used to make our police workable and functioning is being stolen1 police that will work and not steal from the people or a military that will be able to do its work to stop insurgency in a short period of time he said1 ribadu added that nigeria was not emulating other countries asking why is the military in other parts of the world succeeding why are we not1 why should we allow our own insurgency to linger for 10 years1 ribadu gave the advice at the presentation of first year report of corruption anonymous cora project by african centre for media and information literacy africmil on thursday in abuja1 he said that corruption was the cancer that destroyed and rendered institutions ineffective and useless because it would not make nigeria have the equipment to get results like other countries1 he urged nigerians to collectively join hands regardless of their level put away politics of selfish interest and address the issue of corruption for the good of the nation1 on his part deputy director macarthur foundation mr dayo olaide said that the foundation had committed itself to helping nigeria to fight corruption1 olaide said that there was need to strengthen nigerians to embrace the anti-corruption fight because it could only be won with synergy between citizens and government1 he also stressed the need for corrupt nigerians in diaspora to be brought under the whistle-blowing policy adding that the law should not exempt anyone1 olaide urged the government to have the willingness to strengthen the protection of nigerians under the policy1 he also called on the national assembly to pass the numerous anti-corruption bills before it to strengthen the fight against corruption1 mr chido onumah coordinator africmil said that the organisation launched cora to engage civil society organisations and nigerians in tackling corruption1 onumah said that the project was aimed at creating awareness about whistle-blowing and making nigerians to see the need to adopt whistle-blowing as a tool for reducing corruption in the country1