Okonjo-Iweala’s Claims on the Cause of Corruption Insincere

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Underlying cause of weak public institutions can be linked to lack of political will to fight corruption, I refer to the controversial comments attributed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in a public lecture titled, “Blocking Leakages Amid Dwindling Oil Income,” organised by the Catholic Secretariat in Abuja.

This title couldn’t have been more relevant in the midst of a brutal slide in oil prices and looming socio-economic difficulties Nigeria faces today. In the treatment of this topic, Ngozi argues that “Corruption has been with us and we must crack it. This is …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper