Good Intentions and Governance
- By solomon2day
- On 17/09/2020
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- In Solomon's Column
Corruption, forgery and other fraudulent acts have become ways of life among the old and young alike in Nigeria today.
Even though there constitutional provisions to check the criminal acts, such provisions are very weak to make any noticeable impact, as events in the country suggest.
Sadly, the establishments saddled with the responsibilities of addressing the criminal acts which received adequate operational inputs and official backing have been successful in carrying out their assignments teleguided and with slants.
Of worry, is the large number of political appointees and elected office holders certificates' which have no verified evidence of attendance and completion of prescribed courses of study justifying the award of same.
Interestingly, presently, merit is perhaps, not one of the factors determining the employments and appointments into the deteriorated system in Nigeria.
The extent to which the unified structure of government bank accounts has been able to plug leakage and eradicate corruption is known only to those in government.
Sadly, reported incidents of corruption are on the increase, while the fight against corruption seem to have been toned down.
The controversial actions of those presently in the saddle of governance has, without doubt negatively affected their good intentions, which seem to now be in the realm of wishful thinking, considering the overbearing nature of self-centered interests in the land.
