Corruption boldly fighting back through well-funded entities – Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says corruption has been boldly fighting back through well established and well-funded entities and sometimes through government institutions.

The vice president said this in Lagos at an economic platform with the theme “There is Light at the End of the Tunnel”.

His speech was made available to State House reporters on Tuesday by his spokesman, Laolu Akande.

Osinbajo said: “The focus on good governance and anti-corruption is a fundamental doctrine of the government. From the campaigns till now the President has repeatedly said that corruption is an existential problem for Nigeria. We die as a nation or corruption dies. Because corruption in our nation is systemic, cutting across society’s pillars and arms of government, it would have been naive to expect that it would be easy.

“Indeed, corruption has been boldly fighting back through well established and well-funded entities and even sometimes through government institutions. But let me just say that we are determined and resolved to defend the nation systematically and deliberately against all forms of corruption and the reason is that if there is any one issue that has continuously ensured that our country does not make the kind of progress that it should make, it is corruption.”


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