Speaking at the launch of a book written by Kogi West
Senator, Dino Melaye tagged the, ‘Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian
Story’, Saraki said the fight against corruption should focused on deterrence
and not punishment.
The Senate President said the current government was making
effort in forcing back the menace.
He said, “I am convinced that why our fight against
corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment
over deterrence.
”We must review our approaches by building our institutions
to make it difficult for people to carry out corrupt practices.
“It is my view that the key area of prevention, we must
work on, is to make it difficult for stolen money to find a home.
“We must fight corruption with sincerity, and not fight
symptoms… unlike the five-minute sensationalism we have now. It must not be
based on individuals but on institutions.
“Let us fight corruption with sincerity. If we fight
corruption in a corrupt way, we will not make any headway.”
By Seun Opejobi
