Corruption Is The Remote Cause Of Unrest In Nigeria – Alh. Tanko
Corruption Is The Remote Cause Of Unrest In Nigeria – Alh. Tanko
…Matters Arising from Nigerian Ports
By Jerry Aguigbo
The National Coordinator 100% Compliance Team NAGAFF, Alh. Ibrahim Tanko has said that corruption is the cause of unrest in Nigerian Ports and called for a reorientation to change the present trend of events in the Country, especially the Ports.
According to Tanko,
There is no gain saying that the remote cause of unrest in Nigeria is about corruption , lack of education and knowledge.
The 100% Compliance Coordinator stated that investment in education is the key and a panacea to the problem of corruption in Nigeria as it were. His words: ” if we continue to encourage corruption in Nigeria and refuse to invest heavily in education we shall be building a castle on a shifting sand.”
Continuing he posited that “the issue here is not about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and or the State governments of Nigeria, it is about us the Nigerian people to respect and obey rule of law and order of the society.
Specifically in our own sector of the economy, the Maritime trade and transportation, it is time we did the correct thing and stay out of corruption act and related negative activities.”
Furthermore, Tanko stated that “the heads of government agencies and parasatals assigned to ports and borders have not ask it’s officers to extort money from Nigerians who come to the ports to transact businesses.
The duty of officers is simple and straightforward, to ensure full compliance to import and export regulations of the government. Indeed their various functions are clearly outlined in the extant rules and regulations guiding import and export procedures in Nigeria.”
What is left for us, accordingly to him,” is to abide by the regulations and learn how to be honest in our endeavours and responsibilities
and for most agents of the government, it is so sad and regrettable to note the level of neglect over government interest in relation to enforcement of law and order of the society.
It is trite to note that it shall be a statutory duty on the part of agents of the government to protect the interest of the government and the society. It is to the contrary at the moment occasioned by corruption, he posited.
The compliance team of Nagaff, Tanko informed, is prepared to assist the federal government in collaboration with the Nigeria customs and the Nigeria police to ensure best practices in the customs ports and border stations of Nigeria.
“Our country can not survive with the level of corruption in Nigeria in almost all the sectors of the economy.
Going forward we do say that it is all about our collective courage and will to confront these avoidable circumstances in our country
and for those who may be afraid to participate in this initiative of doing things rightly , let it be on record that the Comptroller General of customs, the Inspector General of Police and other heads of Government Agencies at the ports and borders never ask any of its officers to extort money from any one at the ports.”
He however reiterated that”in carrying out this initiative , let it be noted that he who goes to equity must go with clean hands to enable justice to prevail,
to set example of our intent to tackle corruption, unprofessional conduct and indiscipline of some officers of the government in the Nigeria ports , we hereby draw the attention of Inspector General of Police to a particular officer (Names withheld) serving at Maritime police Command obalande lagos Nigeria .
“This particular officer is so corrupt with impunity and courage that his superior officers can not even talk to him over his bad conduct for over three years in that Command
This observation is being forwarded to Inspector General of Police and Dig finance for further investigation and Nagaff is prepared to provide material evidence in this regard
We shall indue course and gradually pick bad officers from the various Agencies of the government posted to entry points who we consider as part of the problem against renewed hope for Nigeria greatness
Let it be on record that Nagaff has the capacity to escalate corruption act against any body found to be sabotaging the efforts of the federal government of Nigeria at this critical time of depression among Nigerians
We look forward to Inspector General of Police reaching out to us at Nagaff hqrs 2a maybin st apapa GRA lagos. This observation is equally being forward to the AIG Maritime command for her information and we know that this particular officer may have received several warnings from appropriate higher authority.”
“We also know that a customs command and Nigeria shippers council have severally intervened over this particular officer issuing stoppage letters to Terminal operators and shipping companies on cargo at the ports.
It is also important to note that a substantive Commissioner of police and his officers have observer status and resident at the ports and yet this particular officer A/P 117542 kept on distorting port orders and standards corruptly
We also know that past Inspector General of Police may have issued various warnings to the police formations to stop meddling with customs statutory functions and yet this particular officer will never listen
It is our belief that proper investigation by IGP monitoring unit shall reveal soonest this particular officer and his activities to serve as deterrent to other corrupt officers of the Government Agencies assigned to the ports.”
He went on to say that “as a chieftain of All PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS , it shall be in- appropriate for me to keep quiet and watch this particular officer of the Nigeria police Force sabotage our concerted effort towards making Nigeria a better place for all Nigerians to live and attain their aspirations.
This observation is therefore being signed into effect as a working document to Inspector General of Police and chairman All Progressive Congress Party accordingly.”
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