Corruption, Not Only Peculiar To Nigeria – VP Osinbajo
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Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo
has said corruption should not be seen as something peculiar to Nigeria.
The Nigerian leader spoke Tuesday while delivering a lecture
titled, “Values: The Difference Between Success And Failure” at the 100th
anniversary of the Baptist Boys High School, BBHS, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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According to him, Nigeria will “fail completely if the leaders do not accept
and implement” what he termed an ‘ethical revolution’ to bring about the
needed change in Nigeria.
Osinbajo
stressed that the government must lead the ethical revolution by rewarding
good ethical behaviors and ensuring speedy punishment for misconduct.
While asking Nigerians to expunge the view that corruption is only
synonymous with Nigeria,
Osinbajo
said no modern society is free of corruption.
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“Every modern society has had to deal with corruption. Corruption is not
a Nigerian thing. Sometimes, we deceive ourselves that corruption is Nigerian,
no, many countries, in fact, most countries of the world, had been more
corrupt than us; but their elites sat down and decided they have to deal with
it because if they do not deal with it, it will deal with them,” he said.
He said elites in modern societies today dealt with corruption by
sitting down and saying “we have to agree this is the way forward, we cannot
continue to repeat the same thing, we must enthrone minimum ethical standard
to succeed.”
The Professor of Law called for elite consensus,
asking the political elites, the religious elites and the business elites to
agree that the “country will fail completely if we do not accept and implement
an ethical revolution.”
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He called on educational institutions to inculcate the value of honesty,
diligence, hard work, respect, trustworthiness discipline and integrity in
their students so as to raise youths with the right thinking.
You're right Sir. But ours in Nigeria is endemic in nature......🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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