Why Corruption Thrives In Nigeria – Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje

The immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has spoken about why corruption continues to thrive in Nigeria.

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who spoke yesterday at a high-level meeting with national executives of political parties and other stakeholders in Abuja, organised by The Kukah Centre (TKC), said corruption thrives in the country because of its weak institutions.

He said until this circle is broken and the institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties, are made strong again; corruption will continue in the country.

Ganduje further attributed political corruption to dishonest poor Nigerians and others.

Ganduje emphasized that pointing fingers at politicians and public officeholders would not resolve the problem of weak institutions in Nigeria.

The APC chieftain, who is embroiled in a series of corruption cases in Kano, said, “The major problem we have in Nigeria is that of weak institutions because we are just going on an atrocious circle. Unless we break that circle and make our institutions strong, we are just blaming the politicians. Political parties are also weak, and because of that weakness, corruption thrives.

“Let us not be blaming the politicians, officeholders, those who win elections. Yes, we blame them but let us look at the security system, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that oversees the election.

“These institutions man the polling booths. So tell me, can you win an election free? Even the poor man is not honest. If we are to go into details of what happens practically, you will see voters saying they cannot vote until they are paid.’’