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This Is President Jonathan’s Record On Anti-corruption - Godwin Okpene by Here2BustnScrew: 4:12pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Facts, they say, are sacred. They also say facts are stubborn. Then someone else said that facts will not simply disappear just because we do not like them. One of the most misrepresented truths about the Jonathan years in office is his record on anti corruption. It has been very convenient for the opposition to accuse the government of doing nothing on corruption because they have simply refused to look at the numbers. But in the end we cannot avoid looking at the evidence because it remains the only valid basis for conviction. So here are the numbers. But first we must progress from policy and strategy of government against corruption to get to the measurable deliverables. Perhaps not many people realise that one of the earliest, very significant steps President Jonathan took against corruption was to convene a tripartite meeting between leaders of the executive, the legislature and that of the judiciary from across the country to discuss and design a system wide strategy against corruption. It was a kind of inter- governmental conference on corruption, the first of its kind in Nigeria. In attendance were the President, Senate President, the Speaker and The Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Vice President, Secretary to the Government, Head of Service attended the meeting. Other key members of the three arms of government were in attendance. The ‘conference’ took place in 2012. That parley between the three tiers of government, unprecedented in our history, produced a national strategy for fighting corruption. In more ways than one, that conference was symbolic in setting the tone for President Jonathan’s systems-based anti corruption strategy. Subsequently, the administration came up with key public service systems and processes reforms initiatives, to not only detect corrupt practices at source, but preclude incidences of corruption in the process of public administration. One of these initiatives was the establishment of the Government’s Treasury Single Account, a unified structure of government bank accounts which consolidates government’s cash resources. The key objective is to achieve effective aggregate control over government cash balances. It also minimises transaction costs during budget execution by controlling the delay in the remittance of government revenues, facilitating reconciliation, efficient control and monitoring of funds and better coordination with monetary policy implementation. Another key component of this processes reforms strategy is the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System. It is an IT based system for budget management and accounting to improve public expenditure management processes, enhance greater accountability and transparency across MDAs. A third public finance management and control initiative implemented by the Jonathan Government is the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. It is an electronic payroll management system designed to, among other objectives, prevent the kind of sharp practices associated with public service payroll administration that has for years served as a conduit for stealing of government funds. Although conceived and pilot- tested in 2004, this system became fully implemented by the Jonathan administration. All of these initiatives are clear evidences of President Jonathan’s belief in the efficacy of institutional mechanisms for solving systemic problems and in improving the conduct of government business. However, it isn’t just the soft power approach that defined the administration’s commitment to enhancing transparency and enforcing accountability. At no other period was the anti- corruption agencies more active than during the present administration. Between 2011 and 2014, the EFCC alone recorded 415 convictions, representing more than half of the total convictions by by the commission in the more than 11 years since it was established. All of these was evidently due to increased material and policy support for the anti corruption agencies by the Goodluck Jonathan administration. And of course the proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating. Despite the mass of propaganda that emanated from the camp of the opposition, the verdict of the global anti corruption community on the Jonathan administration’s anti corruption efforts has not been as deprecatory as opposition propaganda has portrayed. In the last report of Transparency International, Nigeria recorded significant improvement from its performance over the years, from among the 175 countries surveyed. In 2014, Nigeria ranked higher than 9 other countries which were preciously above or on the same position with us in 2013. On the other hand, no country above or in the same position as Nigeria scored higher than us in 2014. Remarkably, Transparency International, in a study conducted in 2013, acknowledges that the efforts by the Jonathan government to fight corruption has been considerably effective. Clearly, the Jonathan administration’s anti corruption record would stand head and shoulders above any other attempt made by precious administrations against the scourge. But of course this president is not one to blow trumpets and play to the gallery, so opposition propaganda seemed to have acquired traction. But President Jonathan’s goal in this policy sector, just like his overall commitment in other aspects of social and economic policy, is sustainable social and economic development. This model does not lend itself to quick fixes and political posturing. Rather, it is deliberate, it is measured, it is incremental. It for the benefit of Nigeria and Nigerians; not for the cameras; not for the ego; not even for the detractors. Still, no one can alter the evidence, however desperately they despise the facts. In the words of John Adams, “facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence”. http://pdpmediaroom247.press/2015/03/26/this-is-president-jonathans-record-on-anti-corruption-by-godwin-okpene/ |
Re: This Is President Jonathan’s Record On Anti-corruption - Godwin Okpene by Nobody: 4:15pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
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Re: This Is President Jonathan’s Record On Anti-corruption - Godwin Okpene by sammyj: 4:33pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
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Re: This Is President Jonathan’s Record On Anti-corruption - Godwin Okpene by Nobody: 5:12pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Are they telling us this because we can't see things for ourselves? What do these people take us for?we are not blind to see they've looted us dry.insane fellows feigning sanity... |
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