The Barrack Obama-led United
States administration has
lambasted the Federal
Government of Nigeria led by
President Goodluck Jonathan
over massive and widespread corruption in the country. According to the United States
Department of State,
government officials and
agencies frequently engage in
corrupt practices with
impunity, while ordinary Nigerians are ignored to their
fate.
This revelations were
contained in the Bureau of
Democracy Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 2012, which was released on Friday
evening in the US.
In the report, the judiciary
was also scored very low. It
said:
“The law provides criminal penalties for official
corruption; however, the
government did not
implement the law
effectively, and officials
frequently engaged in corrupt practices with impunity.
Massive, widespread, and
pervasive corruption affected
all levels of government and
the security forces.
“There was a widespread perception [that] judges were
easily bribed and litigants
could not rely on the courts to
render impartial judgments.
Citizens encountered long
delays and alleged requests from judicial officials for
bribes to expedite cases or
obtain favourable rulings.
“Police corruption remained
rampant. Reports of
checkpoint bribery and shooting incidents decreased
in February after newly
appointed Inspector General
of Police Mohammed
Abubakar announced the
closure of all police checkpoints across the
country; however, illegal
checkpoints remained
common in some regions.
Police routinely stopped
drivers who did not commit traffic infractions, refusing to
allow them to continue until
they paid bribes.”
The Obasa administration also
faulted the refusal of political
office holders, including President Jonathan, to declare
their assets public.
recalls that in June 2012, the
Socio-Economic Rights and
Accountability Project and
other anti-corruption groups demanded that President
Jonathan should disclose his
assets from 2007 to 2012 but
Jonathan refused....no
leadership by example in
Nigeria.

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Rueben Abati remarked that the US is wrong. He believes Goodluck is doing well and that we should ignore the US assertion. “Nigerians should be wary of these external assessors that jump into conclusion. What are the parameters used in arriving at their conclusion? How scientific are the analysis?
“They assess Nigeria based on the instinct of a parachuter who jumps put of an aircraft without a fair knowledge of where he is landing".
Is Rueben Abati ok? Nooo!