Tag: Corruption

We must solve the problem of corruption before our country will continue – Amb. Osatimehi

Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam Corruption has been described as something that creates obstacles in the progress of the country and as long as it is not eliminated, the country will continue to face setbacks. The Head of the Community Awareness Group, Institute of Public Safety Conservation and Correction Dr. (Amb.) Joshua Osatimehi, stated this during a press briefing in Kaduna, shortly after the conclusion of a training session organized by his organization for the employees of the local government councils of the Northern States in Kaduna. Dr. Osatimehi added that the fight…

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Well make corruption unattractive – Tinubu assures Nigerians

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has said his incoming administration will put incentives and policies in place that will make corruption unattractive for judges and other Nigerian workers. A statement by the Office of the President-elect, signed by one Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Aziz yesterday, quoted Tinubu as making the pledge in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the inauguration of the Magistrates Court complex, which was part of Tinubus two-day visit to the State to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. The Asiwaju said with the right incentives that guarantee a conducive working…

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“Weve played critical role in rescuing nations economy from total collapse, insecurity, corruption” – AGF Malami

Aminu Imam

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), has said that his ministry has played a critical role in rescuing the nations economy from total collapse. The Minister stated this at the opening ceremony of a retreat organised for the top management of the Federal Ministry of Justice with the theme: Enhancing systems and structures in the Federal Ministry of Justice for effective service delivery, which was held in Kano. Besides, he said the ministry has also aided the fight against the twin malaise…

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Embezzling Security Funds: Corruption by military responsible for worsening insecurity – ICPC

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, yesterday identified corruption by the military, the Police and civil servants as responsible for the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking at a one-day Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Insecurity in Nigeria in Abuja, the ICPC Chairman said: At face value, insecurity is seen to be, and is sometimes treated as a matter requiring only a military response or reaction, but an in-depth look into its possible root cause(s) shows that corruption is a…

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Nigeria riddled with unfit, corrupt leaders – UN report

Aminu Imam

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has painted an ugly picture of Nigeria, saying that it is riddled with unfit, corrupt and self-serving leaders. This, it said, has brought the country to its current state where insecurity, unemployment and unfulfilled promises have bred popular scepticism. In a report titled: Imagine Nigeria, the UNDP explained that not only that all public sectors and government parastatals in Nigeria have suffered from this decay in governance, but the civil service at the national and State levels are also the sites of the most…

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Corruption gulped N4.85tr security allocation, say experts

Aminu Imam

Some security experts and a civil society organisation have said the N4.85 trillion spent by the Buhari administration was gulped by corruption allegedly perpetrated by the corrupt service chiefs and other officers. According to unverifiable reports, the Federal Government has provided N4.85trillion to the Armed Forces in the last eight years through its yearly budgetary allocations. The budgetary allocations it made to the Army, Navy, and Air Force were mainly to cater for personnel and overheads, as well as recurrent and fixed expenditures. Documents from the Budget Office of the…

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Corruption: Court orders interim forfeiture of properties, funds traced to ex-Gov. Yari

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of assets and monies allegedly traced to the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari. The presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, gave the order while deciding on an ex-parte request by a counsel for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Osuobeni Akponimisingha. According to the ICPC, some of the assets are located in the United States of America, Abuja and Kaduna, among others. Egwuatu held that the interim order granted would last for 60 days…

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Corruption: Acting.Acct-General, Nwabuoku, also under probe by EFCC – Sources

Aminu Imam

The newly appointed Overseer of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, (OAGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has a heavy corruption dossier and is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), according to reports. Recall that Nwabuoku was on Sunday appointed to oversee the office in the absence of the suspended AGF, Ahmed Idris, who has been in EFCC custody for over a week while undergoing investigation for fraud to the tune of N80 billion. According to an issued statement by the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National…

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Corruption: 56 people ‘eating’ Nigeria like termites, Says Al-Mustapha

Aminu Imam

Former Chief Security Officer to the Late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha (rtd), has alleged that some persons are eating Nigeria like termites. Al-Mustapha said this in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC). The retired major said these persons were 56 in number, adding that he came across the information while in prison. Recall that al-Mustapha was arrested on October 21, 1998, over the death of Kudirat, wife of MKO Abiola. He was in Kirikiri Prison in Lagos until the court cleared him…

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Corruption: “Any country where dishonesty, corruption becomes the norm has chosen backwardness” Osinbajo

Aminu Imam

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that any country that makes dishonesty, corruption, lack of transparency and bureaucracy the norm has chosen backwardness and poverty of the majority of its citizens. Osinbajo stated this at the weekend in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, during the 21st Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning (JPB/NCDP) meeting. He noted that the effect of poor governance would result in the ineffective delivery of public services, whether it is in the collection of taxes, or delivery of social investment programmes, public education, health services and…

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