OPINION: CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC OFFICE

Nigerians At All Level Of The Polity Must Imbibe The Culture Of Transparency And Accountability In Public Office For A Better Nigeria.... By Olorogun Godwin Obire JP

May 29, 1999 marked the beginning of Nigeria’s fourth republic after several years of military dictatorships in the country. However, no meaningful development to commensurate the Nigeria’s civil rule. 

This is in spite the fact that the nascent democracy in country is over a decade. Corruption has eaten deep into the country’s socioeconomic and political system and serves as a major threat to Nigeria’s democracy. 

Public office holders use their power to undermine basic human rights and enrich themselves at the expense of Nigeria’s impoverished populace. 

This makes it imperative to examine corruption as one of the hurdles of Nigerian democracy. 

Socio-economic and political developments can be enhanced, if the fight against corruption is genuinely tackled and Nigerians at all level of the polity imbibe the culture of transparency and accountability in public office.

Olorogun Godwin Obire (JP) 

Chairman Concern Nigerians

For Better Nigeria (CNBN)