Activists Inspect Facilities In Lagos, Decry High Corruption

Published on December 10, 2013 by pmnews   ·   9 Comments

Nigerian activists and anti-corruption crusaders on Monday inspected some facilities in Lagos, western Nigeria, to draw attention to corruption in the state.

The activists, under the umbrella of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, said the alarming official corruption and propaganda are threatening the future of Lagos.

“The rate at which corruption is proliferating in the country is alarming and Lagos State has been governed by false pretences otherwise known as 419 governance,” said Debo Adeniran, CACOL Chairman. Continue reading “Activists Inspect Facilities In Lagos, Decry High Corruption”

Corruption: CACOL Boss Blasts Speaker Tambuwal, Urges Him To Blame Legislature, Not Just Executive Arm

Posted: December 10, 2013 – 17:22

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The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, that he must also blame Nigerian legislators for the pervasive corruption in the country.

On Monday, Tambuwal stated publicly that the body language of President Goodluck Jonathan did not indicate that he has the political will to fight corruption in the country.  He decried President Jonathan’s penchant for setting up committees to probe corruption allegations and what he termed “the culture of undue secrecy surrounding the operation of government.”

Reacting to that statement, CACOL’s Comrade Debo Adeniran described the Speaker’s position as a “shameless statement from an inactive control system,” attributing the alarming upswing of corruption in the country to the legislative arm of the government as well. Continue reading “Corruption: CACOL Boss Blasts Speaker Tambuwal, Urges Him To Blame Legislature, Not Just Executive Arm”