Corruption: TUC urges Nigerians to stop celebrating criminals

The President of Trade Nigeria Congress(TUC), Comrade Bobboi Kaigama, has urged Nigerians to stop celebrating corrupt individuals who have embezzled public funds meant for the development of the country.

Kaigama gave the advice in an interview with journalists on the rally by organised labour on good governance and anti-corruption campaign.

The TUC president said: “If you go to court in the developed countries, you will never see a criminal being escorted to court, being celebrated to court or being celebrated at events. But what we find in Nigeria is a different thing. It is not just the issue of prosecution or investigation, Nigerians needs to own the fight against corruption.

“We must fight it jointly and we will take the fight to the door steps of the criminals. Not until we do that, those in the executive, legislative and judiciary arms of government and the three tiers of government will never see this fight as a major issue.”

He said that Nigerians must own up to the fight against corruption without fear or favour.

The TUC President said that the Labour rally was also a way to enlighten Nigerians on the consequence of corruption and the best way out of it.

According to him, “corruption is killing us, what we are experiencing now is a product of bad leadership, we want to install good governance at all levels especially the states and local government areas.

“We want to start that right and it must start somewhere and end up somewhere at the door step of the criminals. The issue of corruption is taking another dimension. How can somebody who just served for four years or at most eight years get humongous pay at the end of the day, while a public servant who have served meritoriously for 35 years or attained the age of 60 years can never get such in his life, where is equity?”

Kaigama said that the TUC, NLC and its civil society allies are ready to partner with the anti-corruption agencies to end the era of celebrating criminals.

We want the EFCC, ICPC and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption strengthened.”

“We want this fight on corruption to be holistic; we want good governance, so, each of these agencies must work their holistically without interference from any of the arms of government.”