The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has promised Nigerians that if elected in 2023 his administration will have and show zero-tolerance for corruption.
Obi, in a brief statement on Monday, noted that corrupt practices have crippled Nigeria’s growth for too long, saying that to allow corruption to deprive Nigerians of the dividends of democracy will not be accepted.
According to him, “we will have zero tolerance for corruption; block leakages and cut the cost of governance. Our total commitment to transparency and accountability in government business is the only credible way to achieve zero corruption.
“The burden of endemic corruption is borne by the citizens; they are denied the high living standards which the wealth of their country should have given them through the provision of public infrastructure and services.
“To have corruption eat so deeply into the fabric of our public life, such that over 80% of our common wealth is devoured by a small minority, while most of our people are left to scrounge and scavenge for a living is totally unacceptable,” Obi said.
The former Anambra State governor said that Nigeria at the moment is in dire need of a leadership that will transform the nation, assuring that this is the exact kind of leadership that he and his running mate – Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, will avail Nigerians if elected in the forthcoming election.
“Nigeria is badly in need of reformative leadership. Bad leadership has hurt us deeply, damaged our psyche and diminished our potentials and dreams.
“Ultimately, the overall goal of the Obi-Datti administration will be to streamline governance, make it more responsive, transformative, effective, less transactional and therefore, efficient and cost-effective,” Obi stated.
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