….Urges Tinubu To Fight Corruption From Top
A Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has in his usual style of drawn the attention of the masses towards the fight against corruption, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to start the fight against corruption with accountability from the top.
Obasanjo who spent eight years at the president and who was also the head of state understand how government works, therefore, insisted that fighting corruption from the highest level is the way to go
Baba iyabo as the former president is fondlcalled spoke on Sunday night during an interactive session on Zoom tagged “Boiling Point Arena.” hosted by a private radio station in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital
The conversation which was aired by some private radio stations in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, focussed on Obasanjo’s legacies in government and his assessment of today’s Nigeria.
Obasaanjo insisted that the fight against corruption can only be effective and successful if it begins with accountability among top government officials. No wonder, during his tenure, the sitting Inspector General of Police, Tarfa Balogun was prosecuted by the anti-graft agency I
His idea is that if the fight against corruption starts from the top it will serve as a deterrent to others. Meanwhile, he described corruption as hydra-headed and one that has eaten deep into the fabric of the society.
“The best way of fighting corruption is starting from the head, that is where corruption has to be fought from,” he said, “Corruption is very hydra-headed and eats deep. I think it was the Sultan of Sokoto, the father of the present Sultan who said corruption is like a ‘babariga’, if you are folding it on one side, it’s falling apart on the other side. When you carry it on both sides, you cannot hold your hands up and as soon as you put your hands down, it’s falling apart. And that’s corruption”
“It’s not a one-day affair. It’s not a one-regime affair. It’s not even a two-regime affair. It has to be consistent. it has to be continual. It has to be a daily affair. Once one regime is let off, it spreads,” he said
