The lawmaker representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ndume has raised concern over the scorching issue of corruption in Nigeria.
The former Senate Chief Whip raised the alarm while addressing newsmen in Kano on Sunday.
He said, “Our major challenge in this country is corruption. Uptill now, we have no law that can proactively or even reactively address the issue of corruption in the country.
“If you see somebody in our system, especially in politics or government,and he is not corrupt, then he is lucky that he is God-fearing.
“Otherwise, it is only in Nigeria that you steal money and you walk freely, and then you are celebrated.
“If you come into an area like this, people would start lobbying you and do “Dobale” for you and he knows that the money was stolen.
“It is only in this country that somebody had no money yesterday or last week, but the following week he buys ten cars; buy jets and his brothers would fly with him;his mother would fly with him; his uncle would fly with him,and they would say Allah has blessed our son”.
Speaking further, Ndume noted that in other developed countries people would ask a person how, when and where he made his money, but that in Nigeria, the reverse is the case.
He said he had made several efforts to pass a law on Unexplained Wealth in Nigeria but that such endeavours “never saw the light of the day.”
