President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged not to consider including names of persons standing corruption trial and those with corrupt tendencies in his new cabinet.
The Executive- Secretary, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative (ARDI),Dr Dennis Aghanya gave the advice in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja.
He said sidelining corrupt persons yet to be prosecuted and those standing trial would bestow more credibility on the president as one with zero tolerance to corruption.
Aghanya further explained that it would be most expedient to keep those standing trial out of his cabinet to forestall them funding their trials with public funds. Read more