Itse Sagay, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has said It is more important to
recover stolen funds than to jail corrupt persons.
He also said it could be a waste of efforts trying to
jail corrupt persons. According to Punch newspaper, Sagay, who was represented
by Etannibi Alemika, a PACAC member, said this on Wednesday during a workshop
organised by the committee in collaboration with the National Orientation
Agency (NOA) in Jos, Plateau state
He said after an evaluation, he discovered that jailing
corrupt people in the country was “a waste of effort” because of the weakness
in the judicial process. Sagay said his committee preferred to place
emphasis on recovering stolen assets from people found culpable. He said
while the focus is placed on financial corruption, “the truth is that nepotism
is a more serious problem.”
Sagay also commended President Buhari for his
anti-corruption fight while calling on the public to alert relevant agencies
about any acts of corruption.
“Corruption has primarily been fought by the Federal
Government in the country. There is too much focus on financial corruption but
the truth is that nepotism is a more serious problem.
After our evaluation in the fight against corruption, we
discovered that jailing people is a desperate and wasteful effort. It is going
to be difficult to have convictions because of the weakness in the judicial
institution. And that is why we have concentrated more on asset seizure of
corrupt people as the way to go” he said.
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