Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 election, Barr Adewole Adebayo, has advised President Bola Tinubu to look into
According to him, Nigeria needs to cut down corruption to sail through its multifaceted challenges.
He said, “We have to look at the average cost of a minister and government and the value the minister brings into the government. Theoretically, it is good to cut down the cost of government, but in the case of Nigeria, what you need to cut down is corruption. “Even if the country has 37 ministers, what would happen when they become contractors and siphon public funds? If you have National Assembly members establishing companies and going to the NDDC and MDAs to pursue contracts, they are supervising and padding the budget.”
Speaking on the over-bloated agencies and parastatals, he said, “That is what I called the establishment cost, which I have now upgraded to the establishment curse. It’s a mistake we make all the time.
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