Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said
the Federal Government would remain resolute
in its fight against corruption in spite of the
daunting challenges. Osinbajo said this in
Lagos at the 5th Annual Christopher Kolade
Lecture on Business Integrity titled: ‘Prevention is better than Cure even on the Issue of
Corruption.’ The lecture was organised by the Integrity
Organisation Limited, an anti-corruption,
research and advocacy organisation
concerned with public accountability and
transparency. He restated that the country must ensure that
corruption is prosecuted, adding that in the last
two years, there have been many cases of
persons accused of corruption who have been
taken to the courts. “We have a hardworking and courageous
team as most of our law enforcement
agencies and the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) have worked
commendably despite daunting challenges. “Of course they are not perfect and there are
several complaints, but what is obvious is that
they have focused on the work of investigation
and prosecution and in fact, very few
convictions and there are several reasons for
that,” he stated. Osinbajo added that the most notorious of the
complaints were the delays in administration of
justice system mainly caused, sometimes by
lawyers whose defence strategy is delayed. “Often, Judges have indulged these tactics by
not taking firm control of their courts and
witnesses being cross-examined for over a
month. “An important lesson for any society that
hopes to fight a successful war against
systemic corruption is that corruption will fight
back viciously, using every means possible,
and sometimes, using the very constitutions
that are created to fight it,” he added. He pointed out that Nigeria had experienced
and continued to experience that but the
antidote is single-minded commitment.

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