While the president of Nigeria Mohammed Buhari is abroad telling the world that he is fighting corruption, his own chief of Staff Abba Kyari has been exposed as a very corrupt man through the revelation that he collected 500 million Naira bribe from MTN to help reduce their controversial fine of 1.04 Trillion Naira. The whole corruption fight is flawed because Nigerians cannot trust president with appointment, Senate president cannot be trusted with asset declaration, Vice president cannot be trusted with honesty in blame game, the speaker of the house cannot be trusted with budget figures, The chief of staff, the head of army, some ministers are all indicted for one thing or the other in fact the corruption fight is now a mirage. When Buhari is reminded that his body language helped to chase foreign investors away he will ask you how? By the time you fine MTN 1.04 Trillion and the whole budget is 6 trillion, what signal are you sending to other investors trying to come to Nigeria? You wonder if it is the duty of the government to dish out wicked fines out of jealousy or should he build an unbiased institution to get these things done according to best practices all over the world. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander. Many Nigerians are waiting for a leader that will fight corruption with sincerity. Justice should not be a respecter of personalities, tribe or religion.
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