A civil society group, Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called on the federal government to strengthen the anti-graft agencies to keep the ‘heat’ on public officers who loot national treasury.
The group made the call through a statement signed and issued by its Media Coordinator, Wale Salami, on Monday.
According to Salami, the recent exposure of looted funds achieved through the work of the various anti-corruption agencies in the country reveal the depth corruption has eaten into the fabrics of the Nigerian society especially among elected and appointed public officers.
He argued that strengthening anti-graft agencies will encourage them to make every corrupt official answer for their crimes in line with the rule of law.
Salami further called on Nigerians to continue to expose, shame, and shun corrupt leaders and individuals anywhere and everywhere across the nation.
The statement reads in part: “The recent developments/discoveries reinforce the absolute need to fight to corruption and its perpetrators to achieve the socio-political and economic advancement of Nigeria as against the reactionary tendencies that preach ‘inaction’ on the part of government in the face of bare-faced corrupt practices.
“The incidences also validate the imperative need for proactive anti-corruption agencies like EFCC, ICPC, DSS etc. and civil society organizations like CACOL for the sake of gaining a citizenry that sees the anti-corruption drive as their struggle.
“The recent exposures achieved via the good work of the various anti- corruption agencies reveal the depth of wickedness, sadism and height of greediness of the incurably corrupt elements in our elected and appointed public offices.
“We call for the strengthening of the capacities of the anti-corruption agencies and the law enforcement agencies to keep the ‘heat’ on the corrupt elements in our public offices on and to make every corrupt official answer for their crimes in line with the rule of law. We call on Nigerians to continue to name, nail, shame and shun corrupt leaders and individuals anywhere and everywhere.”
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