February 24, 2009
Dear Sir: Our government in power should summon courage and fight corruption if they really want to. The operators do not need to seek for fortune teller or pastor to inform them that we have corrupt people amongst our leaders – past and present.
This is country where one spends more than ordinarily he could have earned and the leaders look the other way. This suggests that they themselves are corrupt one way or the other. Therefore paying lip-service to fight against corruption would only deepen and more people would see it as a routine and may like to join the bandwagon. They would say, “Since nothing happened to a proven case, I may be lucky as well”.
Otherwise tell me from where a former Minister of State could have gotten the over $2.3million (about N345million) with which he bailed her wife out of the clutches of kidnappers. We have heard of millions of Naira by various individuals in attempt to rescue their loved ones who were kidnapped for ransom. Even governments are into it as well. Take for instance the once that involved an ex-commissioner in Akwa Ibom, one Dr. Chris Ekong, who squealed that the government gave him money with which to secure the release of an expatriate who was kidnapped. In the process, the Commissioner was sacked because of his perceived involvement in not surrendering the whole money to the kidnappers; the commissioner it was alleged keep larger part of the fund to himself.
In this type of case, it is now obvious that governments at all level might be encouraging this fast moving hurricane. What do we do?
Ms Eno Ntuk
356 Oron Road
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
This is country where one spends more than ordinarily he could have earned and the leaders look the other way. This suggests that they themselves are corrupt one way or the other. Therefore paying lip-service to fight against corruption would only deepen and more people would see it as a routine and may like to join the bandwagon. They would say, “Since nothing happened to a proven case, I may be lucky as well”.
Otherwise tell me from where a former Minister of State could have gotten the over $2.3million (about N345million) with which he bailed her wife out of the clutches of kidnappers. We have heard of millions of Naira by various individuals in attempt to rescue their loved ones who were kidnapped for ransom. Even governments are into it as well. Take for instance the once that involved an ex-commissioner in Akwa Ibom, one Dr. Chris Ekong, who squealed that the government gave him money with which to secure the release of an expatriate who was kidnapped. In the process, the Commissioner was sacked because of his perceived involvement in not surrendering the whole money to the kidnappers; the commissioner it was alleged keep larger part of the fund to himself.
In this type of case, it is now obvious that governments at all level might be encouraging this fast moving hurricane. What do we do?
Ms Eno Ntuk
356 Oron Road
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
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