Corruption runs parallel system in Nigeria, Buhari says

The fight against corruption being waged by the present administration is much more than a moral fight. It is a fight to regain the soul of Nigeria from a scourge that runs a parallel system of its own in the country.
According to President Muhammadu Buhari, this is the more reason his administration remains focused in the fight against corruption.
Buhari, who spoke on Sunday at the second plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria held at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital also lamented that corruption was endemic in the country, and that it is the main reason a potentially prosperous country like Nigeria was struggling to feed itself and provide jobs for its citizens.
He noted that two-third of Nigerians were living in extreme poverty, and that hundreds of thousands of deaths from communicable diseases recorded in the country could be traced to the greed and corruption of a few.

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Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari said “Our fight against corruption is not just a moral battle of virtue and righteousness in our land, but it is a fight for the soul and substance of our nation. Corruption in our country is endemic that it constitutes a parallel system.
“It is the primary reason for poor policies, wastages and bare-faced theft of public resources. It is the main reason why a potentially prosperous country struggles to feed itself and provide jobs for millions of its people.
“Hundreds of thousands of infant and maternal mortality statistics, hundreds of thousands deaths from communicable diseases are traceable to the greed and corruption of a few,” the President said.
Buhari stated that Nigeria must “trail the paradigm of thinking about the economy”, block all leakages and invest in infrastructure in order to improve its revenue base.

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