The Edo State acting Governor, Philip Shaibu, has urged Nigerians to stop showing undue respect for corrupt public officials as part of efforts to win the war against corruption in the country.
The acting governor, according to a statement on Wednesday, said this while declaring open a one-day Public Enlightenment and Citizen Activity on Anti-Corruption organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency in Benin City.
Shaibu said the practice where corrupt leaders were given chieftaincy titles and elevated by religious leaders should be discontinued and replaced with a reward system for hardworking and patriotic leaders.
He said, “As President Muhammadu Buhari will always say, ‘If we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us (Nigeria),’ we must all rise up to win the war against corruption in the country. People see public office as an avenue to make money for themselves, but this must be discontinued. Corrupt leaders should not be respected in society.” Read more