Pandoras Paper Let's Learn from China

PANDORA'S PAPER, LET'S LEARN FROM CHINA

There has been a leak of world leaders surreptitiously hoarding  and starching funds offshore saving for their retirements leaving the tax payers agape at the mercy of their sweat to earn living, Atiku Bagudu is not left out of the list.

Bagudu particularly, has a track of smelly record since the Sani Abacha's regime--who was alleged to have looted $2.2b.(Abacha Loot)  Bagudu and his associates again, embezzled, misappropriated and extorted millions of dollars from the government of Nigeria and others, then laundered their criminal proceeds through U.S. financial institutions and the purchase of bonds backed by the United States.

Governments across the countries have initiated the panel of investigation on government officials whose their names appended on the list. Sri Lanka for example, UAE. This spells out the seriousness of those countries to curtail the endemic that is wedging the smooth ride of the developing country, which Nigeria is yet to draft out the workable and realistic institution to exterminate corruption.

When we declare war on corruption and there are those whose belly smell of corruption shield up and immune under the constitution for being a sitting governor or deputy, yet our loggerheads can't brazenly tell us that we are not yet arrived. Only when such impunity is scratched off from every public official, then we can say we are paving the way.

As I was scrolling on the names from the list, anticipating to see much names from China, my finger was able to reach one Chinese billionaire Du Shuanghua, left me wonder, why is only one person, are all Chinese government officials, business men, head of agencies saint ?

Chinese adopted elimination for any individual found guilty, this method has foster to clear the cloud for any aspiring politician to know the fate awaiting him if commits such crime. On the other hand, Nigeria established EFCC to serve as political dog, for chasing any opponent who may likely give headache for government. This can never yield a positive result if the purpose is blur-sincered.

The question of who is to prosecute the list found in Nigeria and Bagudu particularly still becomes a bone inside a neck. The Attorney General and the EFCC boss all hail from the same state with Bagudu. Therefore who is chasing who, when the attorney is aspiring for the state governor. The official statement from the presidency vested the power to the office of the attorney general, now we are to halt the procession for the incumbent to strip off from the immune garment, which only God knows when.

Bagudu, was on the "plea bargain" agreement. During Obasanjo's administration, it was later found that, the money stashed on that agreement is much more that the amount that was entered into the agreement with, this happened virtually in the subsequent administration, which portrayed the laxity in the agreement, a cover-up kind of all this while.

Corruption is receiving pampered treatment, and has become capillary in every institution, and MDAs-- waging war against it is an arduous task, between life and death, this government that came on that notion, has shown its impotent in the war, its associates enjoying the government grandeur. They are full of mud in their fingers, we only crave for a government that will treat corruption in the language its deserves, learning from China.

We must adopt the same method of execution, setting certain amount that if individual found embezzling should be deleted. The karma of corruption is seen in the spread of insecurity and shortage of foodstuff, the earlier the batter, to avert the looming anarchy that is about to strike the country. 

Ahmad Murtala

Ahmadmurtala43@gmail.com

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