The member House of Representatives for Igbo-Eze North/Udenu federal constituency in Enugu state, Hon Dennis Agbo, has said that it is too early to rate the present administration in the fight against corruption saying that they started well.
Agbo said this on Thursday in Abuja while unveiling Corruption Tori season four themed:” No Taya For The Fight Corruption,We Go Win.”
He lamented that corruption is responsible for most the socioeconomic challenges ravaging the country,so it must be stopped.
Agbo added, “the best way to fight corruption is to come with clean hands. It is still too early to rate the present administration on the fight against corruption though it has started on a good note. Anybody can fight corruption. You can decide to start today even if you have had a challenged background.
“Nobody should get tired of fighting corruption,the fight must be won. If we don’t t defeat corruption,it will defeat us. I hope we don’t want to be defeated. We better stand up to fight it squarely and win .
“It is true that when you fight corruption,it will fight back, so we need to continue fighting until it is defeated.
“We need to make corruption unpopular, unpalatable. There must be consequences for corrupt practices. There is enough framework in Nigeria to fight the war against corruption. The laws are there but it is the will the is lacking and wherever the law needs to be amended, we are there as parliament to amend it but we should also be willing to allow the fight to soar. We should stop interfering with the law. Let’s allow offenders to face the consequences, to serve as example to others.”
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof Bolaji Olufunmileyi Owasanoye on his part said that combination of education and character is the best way to eradicate corruption.
Speaking through one of its commissioners Hassan Salihu, the Chairman restated commitment in the fight against corruption.
He said “We have been doing our best, corruption is being dealt with daily in the area of prevention and enforcement. You can see this from the amount of recoveries we have made.
In his address, the Executive Officer, Signature Communications Ltd, VinMartin Obiora Ilo said the fight against corruption through ” Corruption Tori” has come to stay.
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