Abuse of Incumbency Power, Highest Form of Corruption – THISDAYLIVE

0
14


* Urges citizens to question excesses of political leaders

*Tasks anti-graft agencies to beam searchlight on procurement process

*EFCC: Corruption remains huge enterprise, despite fight

* World Bank: Poor data management hindering transparency 

Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja

A former National Electoral Commissioner and Senior Fellow, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Prof. Liasu Adele Jinadu, has declared that the abuse of incumbency power remains the highest form of corruption in the country, urging Nigerians to fearlessly demand accountability, responsive and responsible governance from their leaders.

Jinadu, a former Director General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), also charged the anti-graft agencies not to wait until 2027, but to immediately beam their searchlight on tendencies that corrupt and compromise the electoral process.

In a keynote address he delivered in Abuja at a high-level policy conversation on…



Source: Thisday Newspaper