Ex minister alleges that Gov officals divert funds to sponsor elections

The former minister also said that it is better to also deal with the root cause of corruption in Nigeria than focusing only the symptoms.
Former Minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has alleged that some govern ment officials divert public funds to sponsor elections.
The former minister also said that it is better to also deal with the root cause of corruption in Nigeria than focusing only the symptoms.
Okonjo-Iweala said it is not enough to send people to jail and splash it all over the media, adding that if the root cause is not fixed, people will keep taking advantage of the loopholes to steal money.
She said this while speaking about her new book -
Fighting Corruption is Dangerous, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
According to Daily Post, the former minister also said “People are happy to see the symptoms being taken care of, punitive measure, you know it makes big headlines when people are hauled off to jail and the media blasts the story, which is good, there ought to be consequences and punitive actions but it’s not enough.
“If you don’t fix some of the root causes, the next set of people will come in, and with those opportunities, they might do the same thing.”
Okonjo-Iweala’s battle with Jonathan’s aide
The former minister, at another forum, shared how
she was locked out » of the presidential villa during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration because she refused to play ball.
She also shared how a presidential aide who didn’t want a policy to take off because of vested interests, told her to back off.