by Dolapo Adelana
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the Federal Government will not relent in its fight against corruption.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Osinbajo, who admitted that the fight against corruption was difficult said the government will sustain its momentum.
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He said, “if we are not able to sustain the trouble against corruption, we will end up in a very, very bad way as a nation.
“The defence contract of $15bn which was frittered away in people’s pockets is half of our country’s foreign reserves.”
Proving that the anti-corruption fight is a difficult one, Osinbajo said, “We have seen it in so many different ways that at almost every state, corruption fights back and fights very fiercely.
“We should be able to examine our priorities because for us, corruption is not a moral issue, it is an existential issue.
“To a large extent, it will determine whether we will survive as a corporate whole because of the way people feel that when I get into an office I will go after the resources of the state, and I will go after it in the most vicious and the most reckless manner that is possible.”
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Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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