President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised not to consider including names of persons standing corruption trial and those with corrupt tendencies in his new cabinet.
The Executive- Secretary, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative, ARDI Dennis Aghanya gave the advice in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
He said sidelining corrupt persons yet to be prosecuted and those standing trial would bestow more credibility on the president as one with zero tolerance to corruption.
Aghanya further explained that it would be most expedient to keep those standing trial out of his cabinet to forestall them funding their trials with public funds.
He, therefore called on members of the public, to assist the agency with useful information that could enrich the agency’s investigations of corrupt practices. He said that the fight against corruption is a collective responsibility.
