Listen here to the voices of history each big and important person took corruption to the cleaners only to see it emerge undefeated. The British colonial authorities opened the can of worms on corruption long before they granted us independence in 1960. Rampant corruption and get-rich-quick mania, therefore have become cankerworms in all spheres of our national life. I have come to the painful conclusion that to forge ahead as a society we must extirpate corruption from our public life. On assumption of office as president on May 29, 1999, Obasanjo said of corruption: “Corruption, the greatest bane of our society today, will be tackled head-on at all levels.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2022 02:54 UTC