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A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said all appointed public officials nursing political ambitions in 2023 must resign from their present positions before joining the partisan politics train.
Delivering a paper, titled: Uthman Danfodiyo: A Legacy of Anti-Corruption, at the Arewa House Public Lecture in Kaduna yesterday, Olawepo-Hashim noted that the first step to stem corruption in Nigeria is to ensure that the forces promoting graft do not hijack the processes in the build-up to 2023 general election.
Olawepo-Hashim also called for the decentralisation of government processes to reduce corruption induced through over-centralisation of power and made a case for “constitutional amendment to ensure that elected public officers at the Federal and state levels publicly declare their assets upon election to office. Mere declaration at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asset declaration forms will no longer suffice”.
He added: “Nothing of recent underscores the depth of the corruption quagmire in our country as the sordid details of the alleged drug deals of the soon-to-be extradited top policeman, DCP Abba Kyari.
“But in Nigeria, the criminals now believe that there is no government and that they can literally get away with just anything.”
The lecture, which attracted dignitaries and intellectuals from the public and private sectors, had the Director of Arewa House, Dr. Shehu Aliyu delivering the welcome address on behalf of the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Kabiru Bala.
Other dignitaries at the event include Alhaji Usman Ibrahim (Falaki Zazzau), who chaired the occasion; and Professor S. Muhamme, who led the discussion on the paper.
