No More Hiding Place For Corrupt Leaders in 2013 --ICPC Chairman

The new year will come with surprises for corruption politicians and other Nigerians who steal from the public with impunity and all those living above their means:

“The contractor, who abandons projects on site after collecting mobiliisation fees, the university teacher, who extorts and harasses students, the public servant, who breaches fiscal and budgetary rules as well as persons living in apartments or owning property worth more than their legitimate means.”

Those are the category of people who'll have it rough in 2013 if they don't change their evil ways, according to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta.

He said under his administration, the commission would no longer wait for petitions from the public before moving against abuse of office by politicians and others. He noted that impunity to law and order and non compliance to rules and regulations were the major contributing factors to widespread corruption in the country.

Mr Nta further said that he was of a firm belief that prevention of corruption rather than prosecution “brings better and cheaper results” saying “ it is very expensive to prosecute a single corruption.”