It is time for Nigeria to adopt the Jerry Rawlings formula and the Chinese therapy of capital punishment in fighting corruption if it is to experience genuine growth and development, Niger State Governor Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu said in Abuja yesterday.

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peaking at a Public Partnership Forum, the Governor said there is no half measure and Nigeria must be prepared to fight corruption in all its ramifications “as a matter of life and death.”

He said in order to succeed, “we must strengthen the legal frameworks of severely punishing all convicted corrupt officials, both in public and private so that corruption does not appear as a high-return and low risk activity, which is what our current court rulings portray, since convicted corrupt officials can go back to their loot after only a limited jail time in jail.”

He said Nigeria cannot continue to pay lip service to fighting corruption while the culprits move freely without remorse, adding that the country must also empower its anti-corruption agencies so as to eliminate from the system the popular feeling that “it is not that officials are corrupt but corruption is official.”

Governor Aliyu said it was the right forum to dwell on the issue of corruption because it has permeated all sectors with extensive government involvement in infrastructure projects, real estate development, government procurement and financial services.

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Aliyu, the self acclaimed servant leader again! Let he that it is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

Yes, the time has come.
Do you know that pubic execution of corrupt politicians will deflate our position in the global corruption index, sharply ?