Not everyone named in the Pandora Papers has done anything wrong – and there is no evidence that Mr Obi, a noted advocate of openness and transparency, has. And this is probably why the recently released Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey found that 63 per cent of Nigerians rate our government’s performance as “poor” on corruption. But for political elites, the most important lesson of the Pandora Papers is this: Transparency is no longer a choice. But events like the leak of the Pandora Papers do not help. This is why politicians need to take simple steps to demonstrate their transparency and accessibility.

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2021 07:41 UTC