buhariPan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has criticized some
members of the National Assembly over the alleged padding of the 2016
budget currently rocking the Green Chambers.
In a communiqué issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday,
Afenifere wondered why some lawmakers despite the ongoing
anti-corruption crusade of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government
still engaged in corrupt activities.
According to the communiqué read by the group’s spokesman, Yinka
Odumakin, “We are miffed that in the midst of anti-corruption going on,
people still have the courage to be engaging in this kind of corrupt
activities.
“This has reinforces our long-held view that treating the symptoms of
corruption without dealing with it as a whole, we will not achieve much
because if the incentive in town that people have to steal money no
matter the corruption you are fighting, people will still continue to do
this kind of thing; and this is what we have seen in this budget
padding.
“It is like seeing pick-pockets who are operating where armed robbers
were being shot. The imperative of this for us that Nigeria must
restructure at this moment.
“We need a new model of governance that puts governance at the
question of service, development and not personal pursuit which the
present structure offers.”
“This has reinforces our long-held view that treating the symptoms of
corruption without dealing with it as a whole, we will not achieve much
because if the incentive in town that people have to steal money no
matter the corruption you are fighting, people will still continue to do
this kind of thing; and this is what we have seen in this budget
padding.
“It is like seeing pick-pockets who are operating where armed robbers
were being shot. The imperative of this for us that Nigeria must
restructure at this moment.
“We need a new model of governance that puts governance at the
question of service, development and not personal pursuit which the
present structure offers.”
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