Corruption - We Can Do Better

With the recent arrest and investigation of  the Acting Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  for alleged corrupt practices I've been asking myself;

 

The media is agog with stories of Ibrahim Magu today who will be the next tomorrow ?Why did it take so long for these allegations to  be discovered and made public? Why now? Are the allegations being made public probably because he offended someone/a godfather (stepped on toes)? If that's the case, does it mean that if you are loyal to "some people" or have some high priority affiliations, then all your looting and sundry illegal activities will be overlooked until there is a fallout?

Is it not yet time for us to ACTUALLY fight corruption in our country instead of the selective judgement and media trials we have seen over and over again?

As much as I appreciate these recent discoveries of corruption, looting and several gates prior to now, I hate to get carried away with them all because in the end, it always ends up as business as usual. 

Sadly, no steps will be taken by our leaders to ensure accountability and curb corrupt practices by government officials in the future. Nothing will be done to ensure that our system becomes efficient, is rid of looting and made looters free and finally functional. After all the revelations and headlines, it will eventually become a case of same story line, different actors. In this case; a different accused persons. 

Enough is enough. Nigerians and our leaders in particular must rise above CORRUPTION and corrupt practices. We need to say NO to hushpuppies in high places. We need to think about the ordinary Nigerians who are denied their basic everyday rights by a handful of bad eggs ruining our image, hoarding our national wealth and destroying our nation. 

Indeed, we can do better