Abuja – The United Nations Global Compact
Office has asked the Federal Government to
step up the fight against corruption in
Nigeria to enhance development.
Ms. Jobi Makinwa, the UN Head of Anti-
Corruption Initiative, made the call at a
two-day workshop on Public Private
Partnership against Corruption on Thursday
in Abuja.
She said there was the need to streamline
the activities of companies doing business
in the country as their attitude to business
had promoted corruption in the country.
“The government of Nigeria needs to step
up by ensuring that there is incentive for
companies to abide by the laws.
“One of the incentives is making sure that
the laws and policies are put in place, not
only that, but that they are fully enforced.
“This will act as an incentive; the
government itself must create a level
playing field for other actors to be able to
fight corruption in all its forms. ’’
Makinwa described corruption as a major
challenge to the advancement of
sustainable development worldwide.
She noted that for the fight against
corruption to be effective, the private and
public sectors must collaborate to ensure its
elimination.
She said: “The business community at the
international level, is now required to step
up more than ever before in the elimination
of corruption. ”
She called for the enforcement of the anti-
corruption law to tackle corruption in the
country.
Also speaking, Mr Foluso Phillips, the
Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit
Group (NESG), said corruption was the
major challenge for the Nigerian economy.
“There is no doubt that corruption has
become a major issue in the lives of all of
us here in this country; it has affected and it
continues to affect so many aspects of our
economy.’’
According to him, the level of corruption in
the country has made it difficult to attract
foreign direct investment flow.
He, therefore, charged the business
community to take steps to address the vice
as it undermined the interest of all
Nigerians.
Phillips said that the magnitude of
corruption was mind bugling, and that the
culture of impunity was still waxing
stronger.
He affirmed NESG’s belief in the
deregulation of the downstream of oil and
gas sector, saying the policy would help
reduce corruption in the country.
The Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim
Lamorde, said the issue of fighting
corruption topped the commission’s priority
list.
The EFCC boss, who was represented by the
Commandant of EFCC Academy, Mr Ayo
Olowoniyi, lauded SIEMENS as one of the
organisers of the event.
“In the recent past as you are all aware, the
company had gone beyond the strict
parameters of international business
practice and strayed into the mucky
territory of unethical business practice and
had gotten itself into a huge mess.’’
Lamorde described SIEMENS’ participation
as a step in the right direction and
commended the business community for
recognising the need to partner with
government to tackle corruption.
He gave the assurance that the commission
would continue to fight corruption until it
was wiped out.
He said that the commission had begun the
screening of its workers to ensure that they
lived up to expectations and not to
compromise on matters of ethical
structure.(NAN)

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Corruption is not fightable in Nigeria.
They need to stop stressing themselves and let Nigerians set realistic goals like 'banning same-s-ex' phocking!

^^^ . . . or banning transcontinental and underage phocking.

strangerf: ^^^ . . . or banning transcontinental and underage phocking.

If the pehnis or poohsie is ripe enough. . .and the under-age can eat poohsie/suck d-e-e-k gooood in the ultimate 69 ecstatic position all night long. . . why not? Who disVAgin am?
OR THE PRICE IS RIGHT!
Don't worry. . . you will qualify someday. . . just grow a few inches longer.