Monday, October 19, 2009

A country living with Corruption

When the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to Nigeria, she did not only lecture the leaders about corruption, how involved they are but went further to educate them on how corruption has over the past years impeded the nation's progress in all spheres. It is right to ask at this juncture if at all there is any conditionality which can restrict the Nigerian politicians, governors, local government chairmen, ministers etc, from looting the country empty and making America, Britain and Swizerland, their run-away bases? There is no doubt that corruption by those in government have eroded the legitimacy of that government and other countries who are ravaged by pandemic corruption. Must the Nigerian government have to wait for America's Secretary of State to tell them that Nigeria is sick with corruption and needs an urgent cure.

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