The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’advert Abubakar, has lamented the hoarding of wealth by public officers.
He referred to as for complete measures to curb corruption and promote equity within the nation.
Most Nigerian leaders reside bigger than life, flaunt ill-gotten wealth whereas the residents reside in abject poverty.
The World Poverty Clock in a 2023 report reported that there have been 71 million extraordinarily poor Nigerians.
The World Poverty Clock is a software used to trace poverty progress worldwide.
The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS) categorised 133 million Nigerians as multidimensionally poor.
The Sultan, who spoke in Abuja yesterday on the 2024 first quarterly assembly of the Nigeria Inter-Non secular Council (NIREC) with the theme: “The Function of Non secular Leaders in Combating Corruption and Cybercrime,” queried why corruption has refused to go in Nigeria.
He burdened the necessity to fee a examine to seek out out why we’re being beleaguered with corruption.
Sultan Abubakar mentioned, “Many who come into workplace get wealthy in a single day and once they go away workplace, they develop into multi-billionaires with personal jets. No one is bothering to learn the way these folks (previous public officeholders) made their cash. He turns into a giant man.
“This can proceed as we carry on having officeholders that come and develop into lords doing what they need; give whom they wish to give, deny whom they wish to deny and the problems proceed like that.
“I believe it will be important for us to take a look at how our leaders do no matter they wish to do – no one checks you. No one will inform you that you just’re unsuitable. After your tenure you permit so that you can know that nothing is everlasting.
“We are going to all go away this wretched world whether or not we prefer it or not and we’ll all go into the past with nothing. So, why are we amassing a lot to the detriment of our fellow human beings that may’t even afford one meal a day.
“We see folks on a regular basis alongside the road begging for meals to eat and now they commit crimes. If you’d like half a battalion or 1,000 boys to type a unit to go and commit legal actions, you’ll achieve this. Simply distribute N500 notes to every of them. That’s the scenario we now have. We should take motion earlier than this corruption factor consumes all of us,” he added.
Additionally, the secretary to the federal government of the federation (SGF), Senator George Akume implored the assembly to give you methods to combat corruption and different vices, taking the message again to the grassroots and their varied congregations.
He mentioned, “This administration, since inception, has remained targeted on saving the economic system of our nation by means of the implementation of packages below the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Tough choices have been taken to stop a complete collapse of the system and the federal government has by no means relented in expressing its deepest sympathy with the folks over the resultant hardships Nigerians are passing by means of. On the identical time, the federal government has left no stone unturned to positively change the trajectory of our economic system and to take sustainability measures.
“I have to shortly add that to benefit from the positive aspects of all these efforts, all arms should stay on deck to combat corruption, cybercrime and related legal tendencies, for the aim of restoring our values and nationwide integrity.”
For his half, the manager secretary of NIREC, Prof Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua mentioned the world is consistently growing new applied sciences and there are advantages and in addition dangers in cyber expertise.
The advantages, he mentioned, would accrue if the political system and governance in any respect ranges might present job alternatives the place the younger graduates might apply this expertise of their varied areas of labor.