Prevention is always better and cheaper than cure. Any serious minded person will always try to prevent the occurrence of an unwanted situation rather than running helter-skelter over the treatment.

The government has spent and is still spending so much time, energy and resources fighting the corrupt tendencies of the past government with little or no result, although some of the rot in the system have been exposed.

Instead of chasing shadows, is not advisable for the government of the day to readjust her anti-corruption crusade and concentrate on the situation at hand by trying to prevent the present crop of government officials who were mostly part of the previous regimes from continuing their corrupt practices. Focusing more on their present activities will ensure that is done.

The Paris club debt refund has been distributed for the second time under the watch of this government. What happened to the first tranche? How were the fund utilized by the governors. These and many more were the questions asked the first time. Despite the wide accusations of mismanagement, not much was heard on how the governors unilaterally spent the money.

If this government is at all serious about fighting corruption rather than being involved in political grandstanding, it should monitor effectively the spending of this fund by state governors this time around and ensure that the fund is spent on what is intended for which is the payment of salaries and pensions. Otherwise, the government should shut up and keep her mouth shut permanently on her fight against corruption.

In case you have not seen it, below is the latest disbursement of the fund to each state. God bless Nigeria

S/N STATE AMOUNT PAYABLE (NGN)
1 ABIA 5 715 765 871.48
2 ADAMAWA 6 114 300 352.68
3 AKWA-IBOM 10 000 000 000
4 ANAMBRA 6 121 656 702.34
5 BAUCHI 6 877 776 561.25
6 BAYELSA 10 000 000 000
7 BENUE 6 854 671 749.25
8 BORNO 7 340 934 865.32
9 CROSS RIVER 6 075 343 946.93
10 DELTA 10 000 000 000
11 EBONYI 4 508 083 379.98
12 EDO 6 091 126 592.49
13 EKITI 4 772 836 647.08
14 ENUGU 5 361 789 409.66
15 GOMBE 4 472 877 698.19
16 IMO 7 000 805 182.97
17 JIGAWA 7 107 666 706.76
18 KADUNA 7 721 729 227.55
19 KANO 10 000 000 000
20 KATSINA 8 202 130 909.85
21 KEBBI 5 977 499 491.45
22 KOGI 6 027 727 595.8
23 KWARA 5 120 644 326.57
24 LAGOS 8 371 938 133.11
25 NASARAWA 4 551 049 171.12
26 NIGER 7 210 793 154.95
27 OGUN 5 739 374 694.46
28 ONDO 7 003 648 314.28
29 OSUN 6 314 106 340.62
30 OYO 7 901 609 864.25
31 PLATEAU 5 644 079 055.41
32 RIVERS 10 000 000 000
33 SOKOTO 6 441 128 546.76
34 TARABA 5 612 014 491.52
35 YOBE 5 413 103 116.59
36 ZAMFARA 5 442 385 594.49
37 FCT 684 867 500.04

TOTAL 243 795 465 195.2