The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has blamed
the inability of some state governors to meet the duties
of their workers and the entire citizens to the issue of
corruption .
Saraki stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit from
top officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission (ICPC) led by the Chairman of the agency, Ekpo
Nta.
The senate president complained that the level of corruption
in Nigeria had taken a dangerous aspect to the extent that
the three levels of government were finding it difficult to pay
salaries and provide basic social infrastructure.
Saraki said the 8th Senate has a no tolerance level for
corruption, adding that corruption is truly affecting the
national development of the country.
He said: “The cost of corruption on our national life is
beyond financial cost. You see in some states now that they
are not paying salaries, it had led to poor funding of the
education and health sectors and it’s affecting cost of
governance and failure of public institutions and
infrastructure.”
He pledged that the eight senate would work closely with the
ICPC and other anti graft agencies to fight the scourge.
The chairman ICPC in his response said the Act that
established the agency, was the first Act of parliament that
addressed corruption directly and that the United Nations
convention against corruption came four years later in 2004.
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari
has approved a comprehensive relief package valued at
over N400bn to put an end to the lingering crisis of unpaid
workers salaries in the country..
the inability of some state governors to meet the duties
of their workers and the entire citizens to the issue of
corruption .
Saraki stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit from
top officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission (ICPC) led by the Chairman of the agency, Ekpo
Nta.
The senate president complained that the level of corruption
in Nigeria had taken a dangerous aspect to the extent that
the three levels of government were finding it difficult to pay
salaries and provide basic social infrastructure.
Saraki said the 8th Senate has a no tolerance level for
corruption, adding that corruption is truly affecting the
national development of the country.
He said: “The cost of corruption on our national life is
beyond financial cost. You see in some states now that they
are not paying salaries, it had led to poor funding of the
education and health sectors and it’s affecting cost of
governance and failure of public institutions and
infrastructure.”
He pledged that the eight senate would work closely with the
ICPC and other anti graft agencies to fight the scourge.
The chairman ICPC in his response said the Act that
established the agency, was the first Act of parliament that
addressed corruption directly and that the United Nations
convention against corruption came four years later in 2004.
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari
has approved a comprehensive relief package valued at
over N400bn to put an end to the lingering crisis of unpaid
workers salaries in the country..
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