Mimiko advocates election finance reforms to fight corruption

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The Presidential Candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has said government must have a clear cut plan on election finance reforms to holistically tackle corruption in the country.

Mimiko, who spoke on AIT’s morning programme, Kakaaki on Wednesday, said  fighting something as endemic as corruption in Nigeria requires a well spelt out coherent strategy.

He said “if election finance has been a major source of corruption, then there must be a clear cut plan on election finance reforms.

“Looking at the quantum of money spent on recent elections in Ekiti and Osun states and primaries across the country, it shows there’s nothing the present government is doing on election finance reforms.”

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