Daily Trust (Abuja)
17 April 2009
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu (SAN) yesterday blasted the government of President Umaru Musa Yar'adua, saying the administration is not committed to the fight against corruption as it claimed, but rather harbours corrupt officials.
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I had great hopes for President Umaru Musa Yar'adua and his administration, but I couldn’t agree more with the NBA. If the administration were serious about taking on the evils of corruption, than the EFCC and ICPC would have already indicted those who perpetrated the crimes, and the missing funds on their way back. The NBA is also correct, vis-à-vis national re-branding; the next time that it’s tried, the world won’t be anywhere near as believing (and that’s not much as one might think, even now). It is sad to think that the president thinks his citizens are ignorant, and foolish enough, to fall for such a maneuver.