The Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on
Thursday, said corruption was omnipresent in the country with all
segments
being affected.
He specifically
indicted the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service
which he said are still enmeshed in corruption even under the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sagay said these in
his opening remarks at the National Dialogue on Corruption organised by PACAC
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said with all the
financial difficulties Nigeria was going through, the NDDC recently bought over
70 cars that included eight super Lexus that cost N70m each.
He said despite the
purchase, the commission’s Managing Director claimed that the NDDC lacks fund
to carry out its responsibilities.
On the Nigerian
Customs Service, Sagay said, “There is no difference in Customs since May 29,
2015. If you go to Tin Can Island, it is business as usual.”
Describing
corruption as a national tragedy, Sagay wondered why a person will loot what he
cannot spend in 10 lifetimes and expose others to poverty.
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