A former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practises and other related Offenses Commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rev. John Baiyeshea and the General Overseer of Abundant Life Gospel Church, Rev. Jane Onaolapo have said that corruption is on the rise in Nigeria.
They called for urgent strategies to curb the menace, warning that if nothing urgent was done, it could be detrimental to Nigeria’s growth and development.
Akanbi spoke at the one year remembrance of his wife, Aduke, while Baiyeshea spoke in an interview with journalists after his ordination as a Reverend and Senior Pastor of the United Missionary Church of Africa Chapel, Tanke in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Sunday.
Onaolapo who spoke during a media briefing in Ilorin on the 30th anniversary of the ministry said there should be attitudinal reorientation of the people to curb corruption in Nigeria, adding that politicians should be patriotic rather than selfish.
Also the Imam, 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Kwara State, Maj. Garba Bajama said corruption is inimical to national development. He added that it was imperative to put an end to corruption in the country.
