Sentences with phrase «not fighting against corruption»

I keep on saying that what this government is doing is not fighting against corruption.

This is not a fight against corruption.

What is happening in Nigeria is not fight against corruption.

Not exact matches

The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, said Monday that «the fight against corruption needs to be advanced, not undone.»

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the 2013 elections passed without serious incident, but that success will mean little if the new government does not rule in an inclusive way and make progress in the fight against corruption.

Call it political manoeuvring, we can not deny that her act — especially considering her campaign promise «to bring motherly sensitivity and emotion to the presidency» — appears to be an incredibly effective way to demonstrate to the citizens and hard working businesspeople of Liberia that she and her government are taking the fight against corruption seriously.

He said: «The NBA should aid the EFCC in its fight against corruption because the EFCC should not be alone in this fight.

Reminding his fellow African leaders that the honourable campaign against corruption will not be an easy task because «corruption does fight back,» he, however, advised them to remain firm and resolute.

They are not well known... I have 20 years in elected office fighting against corruption.

The governor frowned at the publicized arrest of President Buhari's associate and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Jafaru Isa, and his reported refund of N100 million to the EFCC describing it as the first trick used by the Federal Government in its attempt to deceive Nigerians into believing that the fight against corruption was not selective.

Osinbajo was also quoted as saying that the fight against corruption in the country was not based on ethnic, hasty or premeditated grounds.

You have come under attacks for not speaking up against corruption during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan but you are now supporting the anti-corruption fight of President Buhari.

«The fight against corruption is about ourselves, it is not so a big a theoretical thing in the air.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

«People say, the fight against corruption shouldn't be about Magu but a strong institution.

Are you saying foreign investors don't have confidence in the economy, even with the fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari's government?

We must not only effect profound changes in our fight against corruption, but must also overcome the more or less open resistance from individuals or organised interests who make gains from this evil status quo.

Dfid's uphill fight on vice is not gaining any momentum either: the Asia Foundation described the fight against corruption in Afghanistan as «ineffective».

The governor added: «Most importantly, that the EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu even said the commission do not have any petition against APC chieftains when indeed there are loads of petitions against ministers serving in Buhari's government and other notable APC chieftains goes to show the hypocrisy of the fight against corruption.

He said further, «I need not mention the serious effort we have engaged in since the inception of this administration on the fight against corruption in our public life.

«By sending Mrs Alison - Madueke back to her country, the UK will be sending a message that high - level official corruption will not go unpunished no matter where the suspected perpetrator hides and thus contribute to the fight against impunity for grand corruption.

While urging the President to stop acting like the sole - administrator of Nigeria and the only honest man among Nigerians, Governor Fayose said «Nigerians are desirous of concrete developments, not rhetoric about fight against corruption that is only being used to persecute perceived political enemies of the President both in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and within the APC.

One of the student leaders who spoke with newsmen at the rally, Oladimeji Adebayo, said students from various institutions joined the protest in solidarity with the government and governor of Ekiti State stressing that as much as the students do not support corruption, the fight against the scourge should not be selective.

«I am convinced that why our fight against corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment over deterrence.

He argued that President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against corruption is most likely not to be successful in the face of Saraki's trial at the CCT.

Afghanistan's president Ghani said corruption was fuelling his country's political violence, and the fight against wrongdoing «should not be a fashion that is discarded with the next set of elections.»

At the west corner of the continent, another newly elected leader, General Muhamadu Buhari of Nigeria, is not far behind in the fight against corruption.

The statement read, «It appears we have not started taking on past leaders in the government's fight against corruption.

«Until the citizens come together and say «enough is enough», we can not win this fight against corruption,» she said.

Haters of truth and sentimentalists will call for Oshekomes head, byt will foolishly turn blind eyes to the fact that he have outlaid a child who depends on the father or relative being the invigilator to pass exams will always fail the exam on the day his father or relation is not in the exams hall, that is the case of the EFCC and the FGN, they relied on the judiciary to help them rubbish their opposition or faces they do not like, and have always lost cases because their candidates in the judiciary were not assigned their cases and that is the same head of EFCC Magu that the president keep nominating for confirmation, even when reports indicted him, this recent looses have to confirm to doubting Thomas that Magu is just the best because he can do the dirty work for the APC and Buhari, not because he is the best in corruption fight, I wish there is a listening and discerning government in place back there in Nigeria, they would have known that there is a vacuum as far as EFCC is concerned and use the time to shop for a head that will deliver, it also confirms the fact that the «So called fight against corruption» Is a BIG lie and propaganda, just a wipe to flog opposition into their line, shame on the clapping members and the O yes members who will never hear any criticisms concerning Buhari or anything he does good or bad, bitter or sweet dem go swallow like that shaaaaa.

«Let me also use this opportunity to reaffirm that we will not relent in the fight against corruption and we will ensure that all appropriate and legal measures are deplored to root out this malaise,» the President promised.

The coordinator welcomed the President back home and reminded him of the need to be focused on the fight against corruption and securing Nigeria from those he described as enemies of progress who do not mean well for this country.

«But the judiciary is not being carried along in this fight against corruption from the outset and I believe that all shades of opinions should be involved in the fight against corruption because corruption is systemic.

The statement reads in part, «Given that President Buhari was initially acclaimed, hailed and idolised by the people as an uncompromising spear - head of a crusade against corruption — taking crusade to mean, not just a war, but a war fought with great passion and zeal — it is significant that, in less than two years, the acclaim is giving way to cynicism about the President's sincerity in the prosecution of the war.

«The need for this government to correct the imbalance in their fight against corruption can not be overemphasized.

He said, «It does seem the fight against corruption for which this administration was voted into power has slowed down, if not jettisoned.

«The latter did not respond effectively or looked the other way, thereby eroding the confidence of the people in the fight against corruption.

In his response, President Akufo - Addo stressed that what was needed was «strong, well - documented, well - researched evidence,» adding that the fight against corruption is a fight against crime and not a fight with political opponents.

Mr. Dauda Joki - Lasisi, Head of Procurement and Fraud Section of the EFCC who represented the agency at the report launch said that, «The fight against corruption can be likened to an allegory of a giant in the midst of ants, as little as an ant is, it may not be able to wear the trouser of a giant, but will remove it.»

Yet, the success of President Muhammadu Buhari's proclaimed fight against corruption hinges not only on his «integrity record» or members of his cabinet but also the collective involvement of all branches of government, in particular the National Assembly and the judiciary.

«I am not against his fight against corruption, but it should be done within the ambit of the rule of law.

He urged Nigerians not to celebrate criminals «when we all can feel the amount of the consequences of their rascality on our collective wellbeing», adding that President Buhari ought to be supported in the fight against corruption.

So, if we don't work today and fight against corruption, the future is not guaranteed, the future of our children is not guaranteed.

We are glad about his fight against corruption but it should not be selective.

There are lots of government agencies that are not doing anything to support the fight against corruption.

The immediate past Governor of Edo State, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, and a human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), on Monday disagreed on whether or not the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is selective in its fight against corruption.

Mohammed clarified that the administration's fight against corruption was not selective, and that the government was not probing the 2015 elections campaign funds of the People's Democratic Party.

Secondus stated that it was wrong to assume that the PDP was not ready to fight corruption, stressing that the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo established institutions that he said «are currently waging a war against graft in the country.»

«Addressing alleged corruption in the budget process by pursuing prosecution of indicted principal officers of the National Assembly will provide an important opportunity for the Federal Government to reignite the fight against corruption and fulfil a cardinal campaign promise, to show that the Federal Government works on behalf of the many, and not the few, as well as jumpstart economic activities and break the back of the recession.»

THE Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said that he is not afraid of anybody in the ongoing fight against corruption.