The Executive Director and Project Team Leader of Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre, WAMAC, Zubair Abdurra’uf Idris, has tasked practicing journalists in the country to lead the campaign against corruption in Nigeria.
Our Kogi State Correspondent, reports that Idris, gave the challenge to Journalists, Friday March 4 in Abuja, during a three-day project review meeting and training workshop on investigative journalism, for anti-corruption and accountability, using local languages.
He described corruption as a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian society, adding that the workshop was aimed at reviewing the success recorded in the fight against corruption and its impact in the society.
Throwing more light on the negative impacts of corruption, the WAMAC Executive Director, posited that, there are different categories of corruption, which includes collecting bribes, diversions and manipulations, failures to complete projects and moral corruption, among others.
According to him, Nigeria is surrounded with mis-governance at various level, adding that, the Nation’s democracy is under threat, saying leaders who are occupying various positions, are there to enrich themselves, without considering the plight of the masses.
He reiterated the need for journalists not to relent in the fight against corruption as stipulated in Section 22 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, which allows journalists to hold public office holders accountable.
Idris, explained that the plight of the masses, should always be a key priority for any government in power, just as he lamented that many Nigerians have lost their lives, due to bad governance.
"We are really worried with the way corruption is growing on daily basis here Nigeria. If we fail to kill corruption now, it will kill all of us one day. When corruption continues to strive in the country, it will bring about retarded democracy and under development.
"It is time for journalists to rise up to the occasion and lead this campaign. We can no longer continue with this menace, which is killing our Nation’s development. When we sustain this fight against corruption, we should be rest assured that Nigeria as a Nation will grow to the point of our dream," he added.
Participants at the workshop, were drawn from Kogi, Lagos, Ekiti, Rivers, Adamawa, Borno, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Kano, Kwara, Enugu and Niger States.
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