President Muhammadu Buhari has said that one way to fight corruption in Nigeria is for citizens to live within their means.
He added that as long as Nigerians want to live flamboyantly, corruption
would continue to thrive.
Buhari said this in an interview with the national broadcaster, NTA on
Thursday.
When asked about the new leadership of the anti-graft agency,
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and how the fight against
corruption had been revamped, Buhari said, “The problem of corruption
is a continuous one for a developing country like Nigeria. People have to
accept living within their means. As long as people don’t want to live
within their means, so long will corruption be with us.”
Speaking further, the president said, “The best way is funding by
departments, ministries and especially by states.
Fighting corruption has been a major campaign point of the Buhari’s
regime from its inception and had been repeated over the year. However,
stakeholders have varied thoughts on the success of the anti-corruption
fight.
