A group of 30 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare his position on the fight against corruption in the country.
Development Diaries reports that Tinubu, during his campaign for office, did not spell out what he would do in the fight against corruption.
The group include Accountability Lab; African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL); Borno Coalition for Democracy and Progress (BOCODEP); BudgIT Foundation; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC); Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA); HEDA Resource Centre; State of the Union (SOTU); Tax Justice and Governance Platform; Transition Monitoring Group (TMG); Women in Media Communication Initiative (WIM); Zero Corruption Coalition (ZCC); Alliance for Credible Elections (ACE); Centre Democracy and Development (CDD) and Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD).
Others are Environmental Rights Action(ERA); National Procurement Watch Platform (NPWP); Resource Centre For Human Rights and Civil Education(CHRICED); Partners on Electoral Reform; Say NO Campaign; Femi Falana Chamber; Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF); Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP); Kano Peace Committee; Good Governance Team; 21st Century Foundation; OCCEN; Mothers and Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) and International Centre for Investigative Journalism.
A look at Tinubu’s campaign manifesto titled ‘Renewed Hope’ shows that he did not speak extensively about corruption and his plan to address the problem if elected.
It read, ‘We will continue the work of the current administration in reforming the civil service to fight corruption, reduce bureaucracy, streamline agencies and decrease inefficiency and waste’.
An analysis of Tinubu’s inaugural speech also shows that he was vague about how he intends to tackle corruption, which has been a cankerworm eating off the nation.
Transparency International, in its 2022 Corruption Perception Index Report, ranked Nigeria 150 among 180 countries.
Although the country ranked 154 in 2021, the 2022 report still indicates a poor ranking for the nation under former President Muhammdu Buhari.
Photo source: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
