If Nigerians stop rewarding corrupt practices, and ensure that those who enrich themselves through dubious means are not celebrated, the country would start to make progress in the fight against corruption, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. The president, who made this comment in Abuja yesterday this while declaring open the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society, noted that in spite of institutional reforms aimed at fighting corrupt practices, Nigerians, through their actions, still reward corruption, thus making it attractive for corrupt leaders to indulge in the act.
The conference which had as its theme, "Institutions, Institutional Reforms and Economic Development," is the single largest gathering of economists in the country.
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