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nethacker (m)
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Barely 24hours hours after the anti-corruption stance of the Nigerian government got a boost, with the conviction on Monday of Bode George, a top member of the ruling PDP, for corruption, President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, said his administration will continue to support the total independence of the nation’s anti-corruption agencies.
According to him, that is the most enduring way to drastically reduce the menace in the country.
He also expressed his opposition to the immunity clause in the constitution, saying the level of corruption in the country is too high to let some officials escape prosecution. Mr Yar’Adua was speaking to a delegation of the Yoruba Council of Elders, who visited him at the State House, yesterday.
“The level of corruption in our country today does not justify the sustenance of the immunity clause whatever its other merits, since there is the need to make everybody accountable for all their actions.”
The President, who also said corruption required a collective effort to eradicate, said it must be fought in all facets of national life.
“We continue to support the financial and moral independence of the anti-corruption agencies, as well as try to make corruption unattractive by ensuring that anyone found guilty is sanctioned according to the law,” he said. Presently, the president, the vice-president, state governors and their deputies, enjoy immunity from prosecution while in office.
Members of the House of Representatives, recently opened a debate into the likelihood of extending this to federal and state lawmakers as well. Speaking about the nation’s future elections, the president said his administration would do everything possible to ensure reforms in the electoral process.
“I hope the new laws to be enacted from the bills I sent to the National Assembly will provide answers to the question of free and fair elections in the country,” he said.
“Our nation needs just and judicious disposal of electoral petitions, while the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, other security agencies and ad-hoc electoral staff must live up to their responsibility of ensuring fair elections.
"They must understand that national political stability is a necessary anchor for peace and that conducting an election adjudged transparent by all stakeholders is a matter of national prestige.”
He said he had confidence that the judiciary was aware of areas that needed reform in the performance of their constitutional functions.
Long list from the west
Earlier, the president of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Adeyinka Adebayo, had expressed the support of his council for the Federal Government.
He also stated the council’s concerns in the areas of youth unemployment, rampant corruption, road construction and rehabilitation, need for laws institutionalizing care for the aged, and long delays in concluding electoral petitions.
Mr Adebayo, who said the YCE supported Mr Yar’Adua’s call for the removal of the immunity clause, said the nation needs a rail link between Lagos and Abuja, and a refinery in the southwest since the area consumes two-thirds of Nigeria’s petroleum products. I am flabagasted honestly   http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Crime/5475025-146/story.csp |
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Afam (m)
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Curtailing corruption is simple if we are honest to sort it out.
1. Match wealth and assets of people with their sources of income and let them explain the discrepancies if any.
2. Those that cannot explain the sources should forfeit same to the government for public use.
3. Those that have been proven to steal from the public treasury should be executed.
Do these things and corruption will be a thing of the past in Nigeria and that is when the younger ones with ideas will flourish and turn this country into a progressive one that will be the envy of the rest of world.
We have more than enough human and natural resources to guarantee that no one suffers unjustly.
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nethacker (m)
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Curtailing corruption is simple if we are honest to sort it out.
1. Match wealth and assets of people with their sources of income and let them explain the discrepancies if any.
2. Those that cannot explain the sources should forfeit same to the government for public use.
3. Those that have been proven to steal from the public treasury should be executed.
Do these things and corruption will be a thing of the past in Nigeria and that is when the younger ones with ideas will flourish and turn this country into a progressive one that will be the envy of the rest of world.
We have more than enough human and natural resources to guarantee that no one suffers unjustly.
Impressive response and good analysis. If we can do that,honestly , |
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mccloud224 (m)
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All this na talk talk.We will hear how much he looted when he is chased out of office.No be the same thing OBJ talk when him dey there?Abeg clear road jare.All this PDP people sef.Dem think say na all man be mugu.
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niteduff (m)
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All this na talk talk.We will hear how much he looted when he is chased out of office.No be the same thing OBJ talk when him dey there?Abeg clear road jare.All this PDP people sef.Dem think say na all man be mugu.
I agree with you, I have been hearing the same speech by every new power in government all the time and my ear is now ringing with it! |
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wunmilyn (f)
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Who is he deceiving?  |
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Ibime (m)
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Is there anything wrong with Yara's statement?
He is correct.
The question is does he have the power to bring his weight to bare on the judiciary and House to remove the immunity clause?
Can he also start with all those who are no longer under immunity such as Ibori, Odili etc?
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aocosatuyi
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Anytime this Yaradull talks,poeple thinks he means what he says.As for me l no more believe him even if he says his name is Umaru Yar Adua
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Vavavoom
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, that day when in unity, us-the many against whom their sustenance has been built rise and refuse to be docile anymore then only then will sincerity in governance begin. As for today, words have been spoken, of little truths, half and tongue in cheek  Like the many who gather to be lifted we live in hope and have just been told what we want to hear, @ AFAm, that which you have spoken we must demand, but the listeners are deaf to reason killed by the inherent spirit to amass wantonly. MY PEOPLE WE GET TO FIGHT FOR THIS CHANGE, by sweat, blood and any means. |
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Nezan (m)
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Hmmm, all words, no action.
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otukpo (f)
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Believe it or not, Yar' Adua on his own, has the desire to fight corruption and cleanse the system. But whether the system and people around him will support him in doing that is another thing. Remember, when he came into power, he first declared his assets which was difficult for others b4 him to do.
If he is a mafia like Obj, he can break thru all odds on his way to clean up the system, but he is gentle and rule of the law person. the best we can do is to encourage and support him.
He spoke well, our officials are too corrupt to have immunity.
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cvibe
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Who will bell the cat?
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sjeezy8
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its true but why should anyone have immunity in the first place?
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LDEE
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they all need to be shot or just erase them before they corrupt we the younger folks
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Pro Anti
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Yar 'Adua AKA Rule-of-Law has spoken.
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Beaf
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I don't think Aondoakaa has immunity. He can start there, then he will be believable. For now, this goes in the same bin as his now famous "rule of law".
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Fhemmmy
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It is so interesting that YarAdua knows this much and yet he is doing nothing, yet all his governors, house of rep and senator are thieves, so if he knows the problem, why is it taking them forever to fix it.
I am so sure that YarAdua himself with time, we will know how corrupt he is.
Nigeria is a nation that ought to be sitting high and mighty, but we have been plagued with these diseases and worm of leadership, though, i wont blame the leaders, i will blame us all.
ONE DAY THEIR MONKEY GO GO MARKET, NO GO RETURN. . . . SOON AND VERY SOON.
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agitator
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Is there anything wrong with Yara's statement?
Yes, because he's using that as an excuse Can he also start with all those who are no longer under immunity such as Ibori, Odili etc?
Exactly,
He spoke well, our officials are too corrupt to have immunity.
How many officials have immunity now? The little I know of the constitution, less than one hundred people have immunity (President/Vice, Governors/Deputies, and may be speakers and Judges. This immunity we are talking about is only on civil and not criminal matters. |
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jamace (m)
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He has said it, but will the Legislature and Judiciary cooperate to make it a reality? I'm watching  |
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Vavavoom
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Believe it or not, Yar' Adua on his own, has the desire to fight corruption and cleanse the system. But whether the system and people around him will support him in doing that is another thing. Remember, when he came into power, he first declared his assets which was difficult for others b4 him to do.
If he is a mafia like Obj, he can break thru all odds on his way to clean up the system, but he is gentle and rule of the law person. the best we can do is to encourage and support him.
He spoke well, our officials are too corrupt to have immunity.
Let his action speak. It is a natural tendency for a thing<corrupt practices by leaders allowed by followers> to stay the same unless a constraint<we the people> brings about a reversal and change in its direction. The ''system'' is made of people-elite who benefit and would rather go to any length to keep the status quo. Common sense tells me the system brought him in, and that while he's a better devil than many his words can only move me if met with action. I magine puttign IBB, OBJ and co on trial! Hell will freeze before that happens. The system is the elite and don't give a hoot about how the many of us feel. Dem pikin dem bin dey school for yankee when poor man own dey house |
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queenesthr (f)
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Our Officials are too corrupt to have Immunity, So why are they still in office?
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Ben-10
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It shouldn't be a thing of surprise cos Yaradua is also living and ruling in/from Naija; and he isn't blind.
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nethacker (m)
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Our Officials are too corrupt to have Immunity, So why are they still in office?
oh oh my question exactly |
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top_kin (m)
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It's all bulls*** men! i don't f**Ken believe anything that man say!!! |
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sayso (m)
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If you wanna act act don't don't talk Ya dull.
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lannre (m)
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How many of them are in jail ?
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ud4u
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We very much understand him, so what about the past leaders that have looted the wealth of this country, are they still under immunity??? Or some animals are more equal to the other???
Please as they have started with Bode George, let them also fish all others out. But my annoyance in the whole issue is that after the whole thing, they will be sentenced to two and half years imprisonment and the whole money will be gone.
Though, Cudos to the Judge as he did not compromise his job with money.
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emaginate
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yaradua should practice what he preaches
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Joe50 (m)
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Yar adua him self corrupt. Just look at all the big big post in the government are occupied by northernas. I believe that man dey smoke wewe to the core, una no dey look his eyes,
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Joe50 (m)
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Yar adua him self corrupt. Just look at all the big big post in the government are occupied by northernas. I believe that man dey smoke wewe to the core, una no dey look his eyes,
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sandee575
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But did anyone expect Yar adua to state the opposite. That our officials are
not corrupt and they therefore need immunity?
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