The vice-presidential candidate of Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buharis government does not understand how to fight corruption in the past seven years.
Baba-Ahmed also listed seven manners in which corruption has been perpetrated in Nigeria, adding that no government in the history of Nigeria has promoted corruption more than Buharis administration.
According to Baba-Ahmed in a published interview at the weekend, inflated contracts, which have adversely affected the country since the rule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre, are still in existence under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There has never been any government in the history of Nigeria that has promoted corruption in the way Buharis government has done, and the worst form of corruption is a fake war on corruption, he stated.
The seven manners in which corruption has been perpetrated in Nigeria, according to him, are: Inflated government contracts, unremitted revenue, extortion, conversion of public property into private hands, the use of security votes, wastefulness and the undue influence of fraternity and relationship, which we call influence-peddling (man knows man).
Baba-Ahmed also talked about addressing corruption through technology, saying a larger chunk of corruption in the country has emanated from an administrative aspect. To fight corruption, first pass the Bill on inflated contracts. Secondly, deploy technology, so that people do not under-report or divert Nigerias revenue, he stated.
He asserted that the president, who wants to solve corruption problems, should surround himself with technocrats and experts rather than his family members.
