By Rotimi Fasan
ONE of the few things for which the 2018 debate for the vice presidential slot will be long remembered are the quips round the fight against corruption. Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate had, while arguing that corruption is not an economic policy, gone on to add that one cannot close one’s shop to chase thieves. To which the All Progressives Congress candidate and current Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, had instantly retorted that one couldn’t leave one’s shop open to be plundered by thieves or there would be nothing left to sell.
Atiku, Buhari bicker over corruption allegations
Although a matter of interpretation, the truth of the matter lies somewhere between the claimed positions of both debaters. What cannot be denied, however, is that both men recognise corruption as a problem that has to be tackled. But too often when Nigerians talk about corruption, we tend to think of it more in relation to holders of public office and in…
