'How to end corruption in Nigeria' - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks with CNN
Minister for Finance and Coordinator of the Economy
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was a guest on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS programme on
Sunday where she acknowledged that there was corruption in Nigeria
but said that the fight against corruption must involve every
Nigerian...
The Minister was also taken up by the presenter on Sanusi's suspension. He asked her why Sanusi was suspended after he discovered that monies had been siphoned from the NNPC account of which the Minister responded that Sanusi did not say monies were siphoned, he said money was unaccounted for. Full text of the Interview after the cut..."No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it. In our country, we need to, coupled with – by all means pursue those who are corrupt, punish them, you know, make sure there’s no impunity. But that has to be coupled with something which doesn’t get as much attention, which is building institutions. It’s unglamorous; it’s work that takes time, but we have to do it. We have to put it in place.” she said.
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