President Umaru Yar’Adua on Thursday took a retrospective view at the governments efforts to stamp out corruption and declared: We still have a long way to go.
Yar’Adua lamented that in spite of the country’s natural and physical endowments, it was yet to realise its potential.
He, however, said he had absolute faith in the ability of Nigerians to overcome the nation’s present challenges.
The President said, “We are yet to overcome the bogeys of mindless corruption, sectionalism, ethnicity, religious bigotry, self-serving politics of intolerance and lack of commitment to national ideals.
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As you can see from the map above (Click for a larger version), Nigeria, like all of Africa, has large issues with corruption. It is very good to see Yar'Adua taking a stance on corruption, but it would be even better to see action taken. Claims of fixing the corruption in Nigeria show that the country is aware of its problem, but the lack of action in the past show that even beginning to reduce corruption is much more difficult than simply mmaking a speech.
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