Attitudinal Change Needed To Win Anti-graft War, Says ICPC Chairman
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, on Tuesday, said attitudinal change among citizens is needed to win the war against corruption in the country.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ review roundtable on the implementation of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy and the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard, in Abuja, the ICPC chairman described corruption as a cankerworm that had eaten deep into the fabric of the nation and halted its development.
Represented by the commission’s Secretary, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, the ICPC’s boss said, “This Roundtable Review has become necessary looking at the fact that both the NEIP targeted at generating moral re-birth and the EICS as an anti-corruption-driven evaluation tool urgently require checks to determine ‘how far’ and ‘how well.”
“It becomes imperative, therefore, to convene this roundtable so that we can together review, evaluate, re-strategise and retool (where necessary) for increased positive impact.
“I sincerely hope that this programme will afford us the needed opportunity to critically evaluate the effects of our numerous efforts concerning these initiatives in society and create in us the motivation to do more.
“Attitude has to be changed and an anti-corruption mindset might be inculcated to overcome national and institutional challenges. “
The General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Apostle Samson Fatokun, lamented the high level of moral decadence in the country.
He urged the ICPC to start the fight against corruption from the top instead of the grassroots.
Fatokun said, “Let me commend the ICPC for the ethical recovery of the country. The problem we have in Nigeria has to do with moral decadence. My advice to the commission is that let us start from the top. If we want to do ethical purging of Nigeria, it should not start from the grassroots to the top; rather, it should be from the top to the grassroots.”
