Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has demanded that corrupt politicians be jailed for their misconduct, arguing that 'thieves cannot provide
September 20, 2024 2:20 pmFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has demanded that corrupt politicians be jailed for their misconduct, arguing that “thieves cannot provide just governance”.
In his speech titled ‘the imperative for moral rectitude in governance,’ Obasanjo said the most important demand of anybody involved in governance at any level is “accountability”. “The second was the level of general and criminal misbehaviour which was taken with levity and impunity. We were at a meeting and a man lied and I confronted him, and the next thing he said is ‘It is all politics, Sir’.
Obasanjo added that Nigeria needs “transformational leaders rather than transactional leaders, truth instead of lies, honesty instead of dishonesty, integrity instead of disintegrity, hope instead of despair, production instead of deduction, inclusion instead of exclusion and marginalisation”.The Slattery memorial lecture was organised by the Old Boys’ Association of St. Finbarr’s College at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island.
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