Civil Society says Buhari’s anti-corruption wars unprecedented successes
“But for the 16 years of systematic despoliation of the country by the previous regimes of the erstwhile behemoth called the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and accompanying task of re-fixing an entity that been so voraciously and violently raped and abused, perhaps, the change the Nigerians vehemently yearned would have recorded greater success in terms of achievement.”
Twenty-eight months after defeating an administration generally believed to have been responsible for the biggest chance corruption had had destroying the economy of Nigeria to the fabrics, a civil society organisation, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has hailed the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying it has achieved unprecedented successes.
CACOL’s Media Coordinator, Mr Wale Salami, in a statement on Friday, quoted his Executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran, as saying that the successes of the anti-corruption war were notable despite the economic crisis in the country.
He also said the government had made progress in the area of security.
“Without doubts, a profound and objective assessment of the last two years vis-à-vis government performance indicates that Nigeria as a country may not be where it should be, it is definitely not where it was prior to the electoral-quake which kicked the previous regime of corruption out of power in the 2015 general elections,” Mr Adeniran said
“But for the 16 years of systematic despoliation of the country by the previous regimes of the erstwhile behemoth called the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and accompanying task of re-fixing an entity that been so voraciously and violently raped and abused, perhaps, the change the Nigerians vehemently yearned would have recorded greater success in terms of achievement.”
Mr Adeniran, who described the anti-corruption war as the most shining achievement of the past two years, said the war “is keeping the hope of a lot of Nigerians alive as they believe their country is treading on the right path in terms of ridding the society of the Frankenstein monster called corruption, a bane that has been the major albatross to social-economic development.”
According to him, the anti-corruption battle since the ascension of Buhari to office has not left out any sector, arm of government, ethnic or religious group.
“The implementation of the Treasury Single Accounts, TSA policy has been able to block and plug hitherto existing holes of corruption in the system and thereby greatly nipping corrupt intentions and tendencies in their buds’ for the dual purpose of accountability and transparency in the public sector. The anti-corruption agencies have become more enlivened and re-energised since,” he added.
