In Nigeria, The alarming rate of corruption is
rapidly increasing . This calls for severe actions and
anti corruption policies to be put in place. Nigerians
should be wondering what the so called national
conference has added to the development of this
country. It is therefore right for the
citizens to choose the best anti corruption policies to
be taken by their representatives.
It is quite unfortunate that corrupt leaders are
capitalising on the fact that Nigerians are
peace loving people to carry out fraudulent
transactions. If Nigerians took to the streets
like citizens Middle-Eastern countries and became
violent ,These leaders would sit up and
do their jobs properly. A comprehensive review of the
Nigerian Constitution should be carried out
and the proper amendments made
Below i will outline the best measures to stop
corruption in Nigeria


REMOVAL OF IMMUNITY CLAUSE FROM ERRING
STATE EXECUTIVES
The misconduct of most governors is getting so much
that many Nigerians are wondering
if the constitution needs to be amended , I must say
that removing Immunity clause would
help reduce corruption drastically,in the sense that it
exposes the governor to civil and criminal prosecution
while in office.
The specification that it should strip immunity
clause from erring
governors only is to avoid unnecessary interference
with the actions of state governors.Under the current
constitution, The President and State Executives Are
immune from indictment while in office.The reason
behind this can be easily explained- Indicting an
incumbent governor or president would interfere with
the executive's capacity and its ability to perform its
constitutionally assigned functions and thus would
be inconsistent with the present constitutional
structure. However there is certainly no good reason to
leave a dormant governor to keep stealing at the
expense of the poor masses. Therefore any legally
elected executive of a state should be stripped of
immunity once he is found wanting. The best way to
monitor the actions of governors is the appointment
of a six or seven-man comittee that its constitutional
duty would be to go on a tour of every state in the
federation and report the state of things to the
predident.This commitee would go on an impromptu
visit to the states in order to prevent the state governor
of the state they are visiting from being aware of
their presence.


ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD PRESENT PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE OF DECLARATION OF ASSETS
Most Nigerian Lawmakers who carry out these
corrupt practices and are not indicted because there
declaration of assets
has already been planned and forged with no
physical proof. A typical Nigerian Lawmaker who
plans to steal 100 million while
in office would declare the value of his assets as 105
million naira, this is in order to avoid being probed
when he leaves office.
In a setting where he does not show physical proof off
those assets,and he is believed.


INDICTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM
ALL POLITICAL PARTIES/PLACED ON A JAIL TERM
NOT LESS THAN 16 YEARS
Any Individual who is found to be carrying out
fraudulent and corrupt actions while in office
should be banned from associating with
any political party . This includes banning the
official from entering any constitutionally elected
official's office or lodge.If he fails to comply
with the above rules, he should be sent to jail. In
Nigeria, There are claims that anti corruption policies
are in place but the court of law still
shows mercy to these men who should be locked up
behind bars for trying to make profit at the expense
of the poor masses. It is laughable to
say that in Nigeria,A man who may steal 100
million, may be asked to bail himself with 300,000
and a surety which is not even up to what he stole
this is caused by the lack of independence of the
judiciary


THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE
ELECTED BY FELLOW LAWYERS NOT APPOINTED
BY THE EXECUTIVE ARM OF GOVERNMENT
This act practically hinders the full function of the
judiciary as an independent institution. The
judiciary works hand in hand with the legislative
and the
executive arm of government .In a situation where the
individuals in charge of the executive and legislative
arm of government are elected by the masses
the head of the judiciary should not be selected by
the executive because this makes it hard for the
judiciary to check the errors of the judiciary.
Due to the fact that most people are not aware of the
judges who are incorruptible, in this democratic
system of government , lawyers should vote the
person whom they feel is good enough to take charge
of the supreme court


PARENTS SHOULD TEACH THEIR CHILDREN GOOD
MORALS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LEADERS OF
TOMORROW
It is always good to try to fix a problem from the
source. Parents should try as much as possible to
make to give their children
a good moral upbringing and a very good
foundation .
The message i have for my fellow Nigerian youths is
simple and straightfoward,''Until Nigerian Youths
Step Forward And Take What Rightfully Belongs To
Them , Nigeria would remain corrupt. I rest my case.
An article by Michael Ajah (http://
www...com/). This article should
only be republished with a link back to the source
.(c)2014

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