by Dolapo Adelana
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said corruption was to blame for the rise of the insurgent group Boko Haram in the North East, according to Leadership.
Osinbajo made the remark on Thursday at the OECD global anti-corruption forum in France.
The Vice President said there was no way one could ignore the link between corruption and insurgency.
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He said, “Besides, we have seen in Nigeria, in recent years, how corruption directly fueled the terrorist insurgency in the North-East. And how in turn that has led to one of gravest humanitarian disasters in the world.
“Also the adverse implications for education, healthcare, social services, infrastructure and indeed the quality of life no longer requires making a case .
“Corruption and illicit financial flows are different. But they really must be twinned. This is because for practical purposes it is an eminently more sensible approach to treat most of the sources of illicit financial flows as corrupt activity, within a broader use of the term.”
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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