Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South in the National Assembly, has voiced concern about the rampant corruption in Nigeria.
Speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Kano on Sunday, Ndume said: “Our major challenge in this country is corruption. Up till now, we have no law that can proactively or even reactively address the issue of corruption in the country.
In developed nations, people question the source of one’s wealth, but in Nigeria, you are venerated for flaunting ill-gotten wealth.
If you see somebody in our system, especially in politics or government, and he is not corrupt, then he is lucky that he is God-fearing. Otherwise, it is only in Nigeria that you st£al money and you walk freely, and then you are celebrated.
It is only in this country that somebody had no money yesterday or last week, but the following week he buys 10 cars, buys jets and his brothers would fly with him, his mother would fly with him, his uncle would fly with him, and they would say Allah has blessed our son.”
Ndume mentioned that several attempts to pass a law addressing unexplained wealth in Nigeria had been thwarted. He added that he once asked a former president to sign an Executive Bill, but the president declined.
“To this day, there is no Unexplained Wealth Act in Nigeria, and no Executive Order addressing it,” Ndume emphasized.
