APC leaders can’t convince Nigerians they’re fighting corruption, should be removed – Sagay

ON OCTOBER 9, 20177:00 AMIN NEWSCOMMENTS

By Gbenga Oke

THE leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC will find it difficult to convince Nigerians that it is fighting corruption and should be removed given the fact that the party’s officials are promoters of corruption, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, has said.

Sagay spoke on a Channels Television programme last night even as he praised the appointment of Justice Ayo Salami as chairman of the committee to monitor the corruption cases in courts.


Prof. Itse Sagay
Sagay who has recently had brushes with the APC leadership and the National Assembly over his criticisms of the officials of the two bodies, however, stepped back from mentioning names yesterday.

But asked by the programme anchor on the faceoff with the APC leadership, he said:

“If you have a big party which has a specific mandate to fight corruption or at least reduce it drastically to a level that it will not stop the nations development, then the members of such party must be seen also fighting corruption”.

“If you have such mandate as a party and you have people in that party who are actively promoting corruption or they are subject of corruption and promoters of corruption, what they are doing is denying the party (the opportunity) of truly fighting corruption, then it is better to totally remove people of that nature from the party and form a smaller party in which everybody would have confidence in themselves rather than have a big party in which people are doing things contrary to what the party stands for” he stated.

He said further, “My view is that the party hierarchy and party leadership and not the government, the party are condoning corruption and they are hobnobbing with those corrupt party members and therefore setting a stage for the government to have serious problem when there is need to convince that is entitled to have another term in government.”

APC leaders are deceiving Nigerians to think that they are fighting corruption while they loot Nigeria from behind.

Corruption is not the main problem facing Nigeria, there is hunger in the land, institutions are decaying ,there is massive reduction in infrastructural development,attendant strikes, low minimum wage etc you cannot be fighting corruption when all these and many more which are the essentials of a society are lacking ,it is only when you provide these that you can fight corruption. this anti corruption noise is just a ruse and an avenues to loot and re loot.

If the basic needs of a society is provided for, corruption will fight itself naturally.

My people, please what is the primary aim of a government?. Is it fighting corruption at the expense of other important projects?.



Please APC should give us our change!!!
our bus stop is near!!!

Mologi:
My people, please what is the primary aim of a government?. Is it fighting corruption at the expense of other important projects?.



Please APC should give us our change!!!
our bus stop is near!!!

I tire oh.

“My view is that the party hierarchy and party leadership and not the government, the party are condoning corruption and they are hobnobbing with those corrupt party members and therefore setting a stage for the government to have serious problem when there is need to convince that is entitled to have another term in government.”



What is Sagay talking about?

Did the party stop Buhari from making public and implementing recommendations on the report on Babachir?

Did the party stop Buhari from investigating Burutai's Dubai mansions?

Did the party ask Buhari to keep quiet on the $25b NNPC contract scam?

Is it the place of the party to fight corruption or that of its elected officials?


These people are playing with the destiny of this country.

Sagay is being smart by half. He should go all the way and call out the government if need be